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In addition to being hard, we should ask if something is useful or if the benefits outweigh the harms. It's hard to see benefits from AI systems, AGI or otherw
by jimbokun 1y ago
In addition to being hard, we should ask if something is useful or if the benefits outweigh the harms.
It's hard to see benefits from AI systems, AGI or otherwise. It doesn't seem to produce anything that improves human happiness or general well being.
- Marha01 1y agoI think you just lack imagination. I can imagine a lot of benefits of AGI or near-AGI systems.
- ares623 1y agoI agree. The benefits are just not well distributed.
- pixl97 1y agoThe benefits of technology rarely are at first.
- didibus 1y agoThe issue is how you can also easily imagine a lot of negative. Neither those imagining positives or those imagining negatives can really prove to the other that they're right. This becomes the source of the conflict. If you predicted the negative outcomes, you'd also oppose it. If you believe the outcomes will be positive, you'd be a proponent. Now it also happens that a lot of those predicting positive outcomes are currently making money off the development of AI and so have an investment in its continued enablement. Which muddies things even more, because it's an obvious bias.