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The cost and externality are: 1) Lesser cost: people start to not want each other for anything, and therefore lose income of any kind, and are gradually bred o
by EGreg 1y ago
The cost and externality are:
1) Lesser cost: people start to not want each other for anything, and therefore lose income of any kind, and are gradually bred out of existence like with horses and oxen in the 20th century
2) Greater cost: bot swarms separate people and can bring about any sort of effect at scale, with people powerless to stop it — eg destroy reputations, bring about support for wars, take over control, or really anything
- frozenseven 1y agoHow did you jump from AI writing to humans becoming extinct? People find each other plenty interesting. Those who want to start families, work together, etc. can always do so. As for misuse, you are again catastrophizing. Just because a thing can be misused doesn't mean it will. That's obviously not the goal of AI.
- EGreg 1y agoI didnt say extinct Horses and oxen aren’t extinct. Just nowhere near their peak where they had been before cars and tractors. They just won’t have as many children. It is already happening. People need each other less and less thanks to technology. And they won’t be paying each other for anything when they have AI. Soon romantic relationships will be disrupted also, it’s called a “superstimulus” (eg when birds prefer fake rounder eggs to their own). Dating robots. Extrapolate a few decades out and what do you see? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuQqlhqAUuQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuQqlhqAUuQ
- frozenseven 1y agoAh, seems like you walked back a bit on that. In any case, I don't see why you're so concerned about how other people choose to live their lives. For instance, if someone doesn't want kids, so what? You can't control that. Nor should you.
- EGreg 1y agoJust to be clear, you are supporting a world where humans are powerless, few in number, and don’t interact much with each other anymore. As I’ve been saying for a decade, we are building a zoo for ourselves.
- frozenseven 1y agoI support a world of radical abundance, one where humans and super-smart AIs have the maximum about of freedom (without harming one another, of course).
- EGreg 1y agoHere you go… thoughts? https://x.com/aaditsh/status/1933084376855654851 https://x.com/aaditsh/status/1933084376855654851
- frozenseven 1y agoThat's Reddit, wouldn't be surprised if it's rage bait. And even if it isn't, so what? One guy made a strange life choice based on a sketchy extrapolation. Not my circus, not my monkeys.