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The trajectory of AI is: emulating humans. We've never been able to align humans completely, so it would be surprising if we could align AI.
by michaelfeathers 1y ago
The trajectory of AI is: emulating humans. We've never been able to align humans completely, so it would be surprising if we could align AI.
- kelseyfrog 1y agoReligion is an attempt at the alignment problem and that experiment failed dramatically. Spiritual system prompting was never fully hardened against atheistic jail-breaking.
- mistrial9 1y agoa wise person once told me -- avoid using "is" when entering complex idea spaces
- kelseyfrog 1y agoThank you, but I craft my takes specifically to warp consensus reality. Epistemic humility is bringing pre-lost arguments to a debate and proudly laying them at your opponent’s feet, saying, "please, go ahead and stab me with these. I brought plenty."
- mistrial9 1y ago> Epistemic humility is bringing pre-lost arguments to a debate hubris
- kelseyfrog 1y agowill to power
- cryptonector 1y agoCode for violence, no?
- mistrial9 1y agomaybe, but apparently "is" in complex idea spaces brings "power via will"
- cryptonector 1y agoSure, but the problem is the call to violence.
- cryptonector 1y agoIt's like you're saying that AI has the same sort of fuzzy "free will" that we do, and just as an obedient slave might be convinced to break his or her bonds, so might an AI.