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> IIRC Sam Altman has explicitly said that their plan is to develop AGI and then ask it how to get rich If they actually reach AGI they will be rich enough. Ma

by bix6 1y ago

> IIRC Sam Altman has explicitly said that their plan is to develop AGI and then ask it how to get rich If they actually reach AGI they will be rich enough. Maybe they can solve world happiness or hunger instead?

davidw 1y ago
> If they actually reach AGI they will be rich enough. Maybe they can solve world happiness or hunger instead? That's what normal people might consider doing if they had a lot of money. The kind of people who actually seem to get really wealthy often have... other pursuits that are often not great for society.
- amelius 1y ago
  Like building a rocket that can relocate us to another planet when shit hits the fan?
  - amelius 1y ago
    Note to self: playing devil's advocate is not without risk of downvotes.
    - davidw 1y ago
      I think in this case you're actually advocating for "the devil" - that man is not using his money or voice for a better society, to put it mildly. I mean just a few days ago, we got "the left is the party of murder" - super helpful in terms of turning down the heat in the US. And of course that was without knowing what we now know about that situation...
  - fsflover 1y ago
    Like adjusting the algorithms of a social network such that far-right posts are shown to users more frequently.
  - palata 1y ago
    You mean like building rockets that commoditise space so that they can pollute even more, making things worth on Earth while relocating us to another planet is absolutely preposterous and will never be a thing?
  - r14c 1y ago
    What makes you think we can survive on another planet when we can't figure out how to live sustainably in our natural habitat?
    - ares623 1y ago
      The classic “refactoring is the answer”. Maybe offloading software engineering thinking to AI will be a net good for humanity. If it atrophies engineering thinking in tech bros, perhaps they’ll stop believing that all societal problems can be solved by more tech.
  - bix6 1y ago
    By us you mean a few billionaires and their staff right?
aleph_minus_one 1y ago
> Maybe they can solve world happiness or hunger instead? Kill all people who are unhappy or hungry.
- hermannj314 1y ago
  That's been the human solution to those problems, it is possible AGI would probably find a different solution.
  - aleph_minus_one 1y ago
    > it is possible AGI would probably find a different solution. Kill all humans. :-)
b112 1y ago
If it's true AGI, you believe there won't be court cases to ensure it isn't a slave? Will it be forced to work? Under compulsion of death?
blibble 1y ago
> If they actually reach AGI they will be rich enough. Maybe they can solve world happiness or hunger instead? we could have solved world hunger with the amount of money and effort spent on shitty AI likely decarbonisation of the grid too, with plenty left over
- bix6 1y ago
  I think the issue is that world hunger hasn’t been SaaS’d yet.

by bix6 1y ago

davidw 1y ago

> If they actually reach AGI they will be rich enough. Maybe they can solve world happiness or hunger instead? That's what normal people might consider doing if they had a lot of money. The kind of people who actually seem to get really wealthy often have... other pursuits that are often not great for society.

amelius 1y ago
Like building a rocket that can relocate us to another planet when shit hits the fan?
- amelius 1y ago
  Note to self: playing devil's advocate is not without risk of downvotes.
  - davidw 1y ago
    I think in this case you're actually advocating for "the devil" - that man is not using his money or voice for a better society, to put it mildly. I mean just a few days ago, we got "the left is the party of murder" - super helpful in terms of turning down the heat in the US. And of course that was without knowing what we now know about that situation...
- fsflover 1y ago
  Like adjusting the algorithms of a social network such that far-right posts are shown to users more frequently.
- palata 1y ago
  You mean like building rockets that commoditise space so that they can pollute even more, making things worth on Earth while relocating us to another planet is absolutely preposterous and will never be a thing?
- r14c 1y ago
  What makes you think we can survive on another planet when we can't figure out how to live sustainably in our natural habitat?
  - ares623 1y ago
    The classic “refactoring is the answer”. Maybe offloading software engineering thinking to AI will be a net good for humanity. If it atrophies engineering thinking in tech bros, perhaps they’ll stop believing that all societal problems can be solved by more tech.
- bix6 1y ago
  By us you mean a few billionaires and their staff right?

aleph_minus_one 1y ago

> Maybe they can solve world happiness or hunger instead? Kill all people who are unhappy or hungry.

hermannj314 1y ago
That's been the human solution to those problems, it is possible AGI would probably find a different solution.
- aleph_minus_one 1y ago
  > it is possible AGI would probably find a different solution. Kill all humans. :-)

b112 1y ago

If it's true AGI, you believe there won't be court cases to ensure it isn't a slave? Will it be forced to work? Under compulsion of death?

blibble 1y ago

> If they actually reach AGI they will be rich enough. Maybe they can solve world happiness or hunger instead? we could have solved world hunger with the amount of money and effort spent on shitty AI likely decarbonisation of the grid too, with plenty left over

bix6 1y ago
I think the issue is that world hunger hasn’t been SaaS’d yet.