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> Otherwise you also have to complain about the stifling of open source bioagent research, open source nuclear warheads, open source human cloning protocols No
by samtho 2y ago
> Otherwise you also have to complain about the stifling of open source bioagent research, open source nuclear warheads, open source human cloning protocols
No, actually you don’t.
This is just a slippery slope that suggests that any of these examples are even remotely comparable to AI. There is room for nuance and it’s easy to spot the outlier among bioagent research, nuclear warheads, human cloning, and generative artificial intelligence.
- drcode 2y agoUnfortunately, I think you will see this differently in a few years, that AI is not an outlier (In the fortunate case where were there were enough "close calls" that we're still around to reflect on this question) I hope I'm wrong
- CamperBob2 2y agoUnfortunately, I think Maybe wait until you're sure before holding guns to peoples' heads.
- drcode 2y agowe're talking about the mildest reporting requirements in bill SB-1047 (admittedly, I'm getting a bit motte-bailey here, but still)
- sanxiyn 2y agoClearly human cloning is the outlier. You know, innumerable twins exist.
- DalasNoin 2y agoAgree that artificial intelligence is an outlier. I think it is the technology with the greatest associated risk of all technologies humans have worked on.
- andy99 2y agoThat's because you don't understand it.
- wokwokwok 2y agoPlease don’t. It’s unhelpful to the argument when you do this, and it makes our side look like a bunch of smug self entitled assholes. The reality is that AI is disruptive but we don’t know how disruptive. The parent post is clearly hyperbole; but let’s push back on what is clearly nonsense (ie. AI being more dangerous than nuclear weapons) in a logical manner hm? Understanding AI is not the issue here; the issue so that no one knows how disruptive it will eventually be; not me, not you, not them. People are playing the risk mitigation game; but the point is that if you play it too hard you end up as a ludite in a cave with no lights because something might be dangerous about “electricity”.