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What's the "reward"? I want to interrogate AI optimist type people because even if AI is completely safe and harmless I literally see only downsides. Is your

• christophilus 1y ago
  You really see only downsides? I’m no AI optimist, but it is a useful tool, and it’s here to stay.
  • catigula 1y ago
    Yes, I only see downsides. It's mostly because the actual stated and actualized goal of real AI is clearly bad. It's like if you approached me and said "I'm going to erase meaning from your life. You will want for nothing. The entire paradigm of reality will be changed: your entire evolutionary struggle, made meaningless. You will want for nothing: "be" nothing. Also this might potentially kill you or some rich person or more likely nation-state could enslave you." The actual stated goals seem negative to me. I'm not very interested in erasing and surpassing human achievement in every way. It seems inherently bad. I don't think that's an absurd perspective. I think the disconnect here is asked in "what is the purpose of life" and I don't think any reasonable interpretation of that is "be obscenely comfortable".
    • godelski 1y ago
      Why would you want for nothing? Even in a completely post scarcity world there are plenty of things I would want for