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I say it in every AI thread, but the only solution here is humanity declaring war on AI and the sooner people wake up to this the better. AI at it's limit is p
by kypro 3y ago
I say it in every AI thread, but the only solution here is humanity declaring war on AI and the sooner people wake up to this the better.
AI at it's limit is practical guaranteed to destroy advance human society by concentrating mass power either to a single or small group of individuals, to itself or to everyone. Whichever happens the ultimate outcome is probably the same. Whether you open source or regulate, it really doesn't matter in the end. These are not solutions.
If a small group of individuals have access to AI they in effect become gods, that power will corrupt. If AI itself develops agency then it becomes our god. And if we all have the power of gods then it's just a matter of time before someone decides they want to use this power for destruction.
What we're building here is fundamentally destabilising and that's not even factoring in all the near-term risks of AI like mass job loses. And I think it's frankly disgusting how so many people dismiss this. I was checking out the VFX subreddit post the Sora announcement and many people there were literally suicidal at the prospect of their passion and economic value become obsolete in perhaps just a matter of years. It's heartbreaking.
And who even wants this future? We act like we have no choice the matter and maybe long-term that's true, but right now at the very least we have the chance to slow this rate of progress down and reduce near-term risk.
I know I sound like lunatic in all these AI doomer threads, but I continue to feel the need to normalise the obvious radical position that we need a UN agreement prohibiting the construction of AI data centers. And where data centers are built that exceed thresholds can and should be destroyed. As a global community we must also encourage anyone working in secret AI teams to become whistle blowers so that we can reduce the risk of governments or corporations building advance AI systems in secret.
And who knows, this might only buy as 3 or 4 decades, but at the very least we will give ourselves more time to improve our biological intelligence and equip ourselves with ways to deal with the risks AI presents.
- CuriouslyC 3y agoSorry but this is a cold take. Open models will massively empower humanity once we can bring the power/compute for a given performance level in line, and regulation can absolutely curtail the concentration of power if we can just summon the political will to create real ones. The problem is that nearly half the population in America wants to give their freedom away and create a dictator to stick it to the "elites" so moving away from a concentration of power is probably not in the cards.
- kypro 3y agoIf I'm understanding correctly, I think what you're saying there is some hypothetical AI regulation that can ensure AI is used for the benefit of humanity, but in practice that's unlikely to happen because humans are going to be humans. I don't disagree. That's why I'm concerned. I think what's certain is that if we want any chance at getting this right we must slow the exponential rate of progress.