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I am deeply surprised by the silence of philosophers, sociologists, liberal arts majors, economists. Where are the think tanks who contemplate and debate the so

I am deeply surprised by the silence of philosophers, sociologists, liberal arts majors, economists. Where are the think tanks who contemplate and debate the societal aspects? The tech is advancing full steam but the "other side" doesn't feel anywhere nearly ready.

bloppe 4mo ago
Idk why you're perceiving silence. Feels to me like this is the main thing people talk about nowadays.
- scarmig 4mo ago
  It has to do with the scope of what they're discussing. It seems extraordinarily small: e.g. what if AI increases productivity growth by 0.4%? Do data centers use too much water? Are AIs racist when reviewing resumes? The frontier labs, on the other hand, are thinking about replacing all human labor, ending death, and the risk of it causing human extinction. Most of the apparatus we're talking about approach it very parochially; it's almost like they're embarrassed to take the grander ideas even a little seriously, for being too nerdy/sci-fi.
  - freejazz 4mo ago
    The public would happily string up any of these CEOs if given the chance
  - icepush 4mo ago
    Death is a quirk of the universe underwritten by the current understanding of the second thermodynamic law. I don’t think any AI companies are making progress on that any time soon.
digitaltrees 4mo ago
Reid Blackmun has written several books and has a consultanting agency to guide ethical implementation of AI
bdamm 4mo ago
Because the "other side" is busy trying to anthropomorphise AI into solving the trolly problem, while being mostly clueless about the actual problems. They'll show up after the fact and whinge endlessly about how they should have been involved.
- DrewADesign 4mo ago
  I guess the real problems are things like people not being allowed to post AI-generated images in digital drawing, painting, and photography communities, because I see a lot of boosters ceaselessly whining about that abject “discrimination”, despite having plenty of places where people post all kinds of that garbage all the time. Or maybe every cultural group has its own set of whiners and we always think the ones we disagree with are the loudest.
freejazz 4mo ago
Silence? Even the pope has come out against AI? Who hasn't? Diplo??
DrewADesign 4mo ago
Sometimes the great algorithmic gods give us a glimpse of our own bubble.
- cindyllm 4mo ago
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marsven_422 4mo ago
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bloppe 4mo ago

Idk why you're perceiving silence. Feels to me like this is the main thing people talk about nowadays.

scarmig 4mo ago
It has to do with the scope of what they're discussing. It seems extraordinarily small: e.g. what if AI increases productivity growth by 0.4%? Do data centers use too much water? Are AIs racist when reviewing resumes? The frontier labs, on the other hand, are thinking about replacing all human labor, ending death, and the risk of it causing human extinction. Most of the apparatus we're talking about approach it very parochially; it's almost like they're embarrassed to take the grander ideas even a little seriously, for being too nerdy/sci-fi.
- freejazz 4mo ago
  The public would happily string up any of these CEOs if given the chance
- icepush 4mo ago
  Death is a quirk of the universe underwritten by the current understanding of the second thermodynamic law. I don’t think any AI companies are making progress on that any time soon.

digitaltrees 4mo ago

Reid Blackmun has written several books and has a consultanting agency to guide ethical implementation of AI

bdamm 4mo ago

Because the "other side" is busy trying to anthropomorphise AI into solving the trolly problem, while being mostly clueless about the actual problems. They'll show up after the fact and whinge endlessly about how they should have been involved.

DrewADesign 4mo ago
I guess the real problems are things like people not being allowed to post AI-generated images in digital drawing, painting, and photography communities, because I see a lot of boosters ceaselessly whining about that abject “discrimination”, despite having plenty of places where people post all kinds of that garbage all the time. Or maybe every cultural group has its own set of whiners and we always think the ones we disagree with are the loudest.

freejazz 4mo ago

Silence? Even the pope has come out against AI? Who hasn't? Diplo??

DrewADesign 4mo ago

Sometimes the great algorithmic gods give us a glimpse of our own bubble.

cindyllm 4mo ago
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marsven_422 4mo ago

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