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The silver lining is that the people with less scruples might also be less competent and their solutions more fragile resulting in operational failure when depl

The silver lining is that the people with less scruples might also be less competent and their solutions more fragile resulting in operational failure when deployed, in turn saving humanity.

jnwatson 2y ago
Or be less competent and accidentally destroy humanity. Both seem possible with imagined future AI-enabled weapons systems.
to11mtm 2y ago
The bigger concern is that the failures are either ones that make society worse but nobody will fix, or, the failure is catastrophic (e.x. It didn't go full skynet, but who the heck knew -that- set of datapoints would trigger an autolaunch?)
swatcoder 2y ago
Keep in mind that operational failures don't always look like a quiet fizzle. Failures can just as well be catastrophic or can trigger further reactions that become so. I'm not sure there's a silver lining there worth looking for.
legitster 2y ago
Maybe. But based on what I have heard Palantir has no problem finding talent. There are enough people in the world excited about Palantir's... niche... that have people lining up out the door for new job postings. That and they have a much stronger meritocracy than most other tech companies feel comfortable enforcing.
wolverine876 2y ago
> The silver lining is that the people with less scruples might also be less competent and their solutions more fragile resulting in operational failure when deployed, in turn saving humanity. Think of the complete lack of agency, the powerlessness, of that perspective. 'If we do nothing, maybe they'll shoot themselves in the foot.' It's 'freeze' in the fight/flight/freeze response to danger. In fairness, the parent didn't say that's all we'll do, but few talk about actual actions, solutions, with full agency and responsibility. The solution isn't a silver lining to a cloud, it's what we will do to make a better world. If we don't make one, who will?

The silver lining is that the people with less scruples might also be less competent and their solutions more fragile resulting in operational failure when deployed, in turn saving humanity.

jnwatson 2y ago

Or be less competent and accidentally destroy humanity. Both seem possible with imagined future AI-enabled weapons systems.

to11mtm 2y ago

The bigger concern is that the failures are either ones that make society worse but nobody will fix, or, the failure is catastrophic (e.x. It didn't go full skynet, but who the heck knew -that- set of datapoints would trigger an autolaunch?)

swatcoder 2y ago

Keep in mind that operational failures don't always look like a quiet fizzle. Failures can just as well be catastrophic or can trigger further reactions that become so. I'm not sure there's a silver lining there worth looking for.

legitster 2y ago

Maybe. But based on what I have heard Palantir has no problem finding talent. There are enough people in the world excited about Palantir's... niche... that have people lining up out the door for new job postings. That and they have a much stronger meritocracy than most other tech companies feel comfortable enforcing.

wolverine876 2y ago

> The silver lining is that the people with less scruples might also be less competent and their solutions more fragile resulting in operational failure when deployed, in turn saving humanity. Think of the complete lack of agency, the powerlessness, of that perspective. 'If we do nothing, maybe they'll shoot themselves in the foot.' It's 'freeze' in the fight/flight/freeze response to danger. In fairness, the parent didn't say that's all we'll do, but few talk about actual actions, solutions, with full agency and responsibility. The solution isn't a silver lining to a cloud, it's what we will do to make a better world. If we don't make one, who will?