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> Do you have an argument why "normal" technology can be good or bad, but "consequential" technology is always good? Because consequential technology has many
by Marha01 3mo ago
> Do you have an argument why "normal" technology can be good or bad, but "consequential" technology is always good?
Because consequential technology has many applications in diverse fields. And applications of technology are more often beneficial than harmful. So if the technology is broadly useful, in aggregate the beneficial applications will outweight the harmful ones.
- muldvarp 3mo agoBy that definition gasoline would not classify as a consequential technology as it's almost exclusively used in a single application (transportation). It also already assumes that the technology is more often benefical than harmful.
- Marha01 3mo agoTransportation fueled by fossil fuels is the foundational technology of modern civilization. It is comparable to electricity or the printing press. AI will be like this too in the future.
- muldvarp 3mo agoYou're arguing against a point I never made. I agree that AI will be an important technology. I also think that it'll affect people that have to work for a living negatively (both in the short-term and assuming there is no foundational change in the structure of society, also in the long-term).