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The problem is the tool. To suggest otherwise is to suggest anyone should be able to buy nuclear weapons which on their own do nothing. Bad actors can only le
by Retric 1y ago
The problem is the tool.
To suggest otherwise is to suggest anyone should be able to buy nuclear weapons which on their own do nothing.
Bad actors can only leverage what exists. All the benefits and harms comes from the existence of those tools so it’s a good idea to consider if making such things makes the world better or worse.
- jmull 1y agoWe might want to treat two things differently when for one of them, its only function is unimaginably massive destruction and for the other it’s to produce words and images.
- Retric 1y agoTreating them differently based on the harm they cause, is still judging them based on the harm they cause rather than treating them as a neutral entity.
- jmull 1y agoI don’t think it makes any sense to ignore the immediate consequences of using/abusing a tool when trying to determine the nature of any regulations or other curbs around that tool.
- redasadki 1y agoThis assumes 'we' (ie societies) are in a position to stop it - whether that's nuclear weapons or AI. If we are not, then what can be usefully done is going to shift… by a lot.
- Retric 1y ago> This assumes 'we' (ie societies) are in a position to stop it There’s major advantages to understanding the world as it is independent anything else. People make tradeoffs around harm all the time, pretending it doesn’t exist is pointless. We can mitigate harm from earthquakes and blizzards independently from our ability to prevent such events. That comes from understanding such events as more than just acts of gods who would happily use other means should we try to mitigate the harm from earthquakes etc.