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Though from the objectivist standpoint, maybe the real question the blogger is asking is not whether this will lead to exploitation of others, but whether it wi
by daxfohl 2y ago
Though from the objectivist standpoint, maybe the real question the blogger is asking is not whether this will lead to exploitation of others, but whether it will lead to exploitation of oneself. Will it lead to mass exploitation of developed-world non-billionaires? And if so, are you being ethical to yourself if you use it?
- 999900000999 2y agoIt's like anything else. The question is probably is a net good. Which no one can say right now. Will LLMs cure cancer or be used in Defense industries. The answer is both. But when you think about it, modern medicine originates as an invention of war, the original idea was to come up with better ways to treat injured soldiers. If you find a cure for disease while trying to wage war, and then that cure saves millions of people, you can't say the war was good. But if it's going to happen, there should be some benefits from it. I have a piece of paper and a pen. I can write a nice letter to a friend, send it and brighten their day. Or I can use it to write a really mean letter. Do we say pens are unethical ?
- daxfohl 2y agoYeah, there's a bit of a prisoner's dilemma there too. If everyone agreed not to use the thing then everyone would be better off (assuming this is what the author is suggesting), but individually you're better off using it in either scenario. So do you contribute to the thing that leads to your own downfall?