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AI isn't manipulative? It can be said to have ethics? The most dangerous animal on this planet by far is the one that doesn't think of itself so. Even still, I
by throwanem 2y ago
AI isn't manipulative? It can be said to have ethics?
The most dangerous animal on this planet by far is the one that doesn't think of itself so. Even still, I would rather face an armed and angry human than an LLM with a goal best served by ending my life. I can smell how likely the human is to kill me in the next thirty seconds. The machine, not so much, nor will it face even the briefest moment of emotional difficulty at the prospect.
It isn't that I don't get what you're saying, goodness knows. Sharing this species with a planet is no bed of roses. Still, I've spent decades learning to understand the animal. No one has spent nearly that long learning to understand the machine.
- deadbabe 2y agoKids haven’t spent time learning shit, they’re kids.
- throwanem 2y agoKids get a free head start on understanding humans. Yes, even us. The infrastructure's there. We just have to approach it differently. (Social wasps can smell whether a human is afraid or angry. Is it so controversial to suggest even infant conspecifics can do likewise?) I believe you may be also overindexing on the circumstance in which attachment fails from the parental side. Again, if so I can empathize, but wish to note other outcomes do occur.
- deadbabe 2y agoI can understand machines just fine. When I feel them radiating heat or fans spooling up a bit faster I know they’re up to something. Similarly, you can feel something is off by sensing packets being dropped or subtle electromagnetic whine. That’s when I act.
- throwanem 2y agoYes, I have also inhabited datacenters. LLMs are a new thing in the world. They are not human but pretend to be. I fear we judge them by a human standard - or by the standard of prior machines not capable of deceit - at our peril. At the very least, I hope we don't too quickly assume they are also anxious to see themselves as like us. Though those who've known me would take it as an obvious joke to hear me say, I don't actually take too close an interest in most humans, because the median human by my standard barely qualifies as sapient; they don't deserve to be as miserable as they insist upon, but at the same time they do make it hard to feel really safe. Still, one hopes one has the sense not to assume anything that isn't human must by that sole virtue necessarily be trustworthy. Especially if humans "invented" it.