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A venal AI assisting a venal, but limited, human..

• drdaeman 2y ago
  What we currently call "AI" (LLMs) cannot be venal. It is not conscious and has no agency, so the term is simply not applicable. It's like calling a rock "murderous" when someone used it to murder another person - understandable, possibly poetic, but completely semantically wrong. My point is, shifting blame on progress is misdirected and benefits nobody. Fixing issues requires understanding and addressing root causes. As greed (the most fundamental issue, I believe) can be only be possibly solved by achieving post-scarcity (or so I think), I'm suggesting that the next best thing to blame is misaligned incentives and modern economy of "engagement". And not "AI" or "Internet" or anything progress-related.
  • aurizon 2y ago
    In essence you are right, a wandering AI - off it's leash will 'run' hither and yon with no guidance - however with a guiding mind it will bark up whatever 'trees' it's master directs..