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You are forgetting the most influential group 5. People who has a financial interest in making sure that any eventual AGI isn't granted any kind of rights and
by nextaccountic 6mo ago
You are forgetting the most influential group
5. People who has a financial interest in making sure that any eventual AGI isn't granted any kind of rights and continue to be exploited as an inanimate "thing", not as a "being", no matter the actual characteristics of this hypothetical AGI entity.
I mean, take a look a this language in the paper [0]
> This realization pulls the field of AI safety out of the welfare trap. It allows us to focus entirely on the concrete risks of anthropomorphism, treating AGI as a powerful, but inherently non-sentient tool.
This reads as someone that started with this conclusion, and then built an argument to support it.
[0] also discussed in this reddit thread https://old.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1sotz9t/google_deepminds_senior_scientist_alexander/ogwv7vg/?context=2 https://old.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1sotz9t/google...