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Just wait until an authoritarian state gets its hands on an AGI/ASI that it controls internally. Turning internal oppression into an unbreakable steady-state an
by hackerlight 3y ago
Just wait until an authoritarian state gets its hands on an AGI/ASI that it controls internally. Turning internal oppression into an unbreakable steady-state and using the AI for warfare against external rivals.
Techno-optimists are delusional if they don't get spooked by things like this, which will happen if we as a species somehow can't get over authoritarian dictatorships within a few years to a few decades. Which we won't.
- ben_w 3y agoThis blog post should be giving you some optimism, that people are aware of the problem and trying to do something about it. Me, I'm worried by the possibility of a "You Gotta Believe Me" attack[0]: even if done with the best of intentions (and everyone thinks they're on the good team), it risks a memetic monoculture: https://kitsunesoftware.wordpress.com/2019/12/30/memetic-monocultures/ https://kitsunesoftware.wordpress.com/2019/12/30/memetic-mon... [0] As fictionalised by Vernor Vinge in Rainbow's End