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I mean, Cervantes was parodying medieval romances. That's what Don Quixote was reading, not modern novels. The point is, it should give you at least some pause
by aesthesia 2mo ago
I mean, Cervantes was parodying medieval romances. That's what Don Quixote was reading, not modern novels.
The point is, it should give you at least some pause when the people most familiar with a technology are among those making the strongest statements about its potential dangers. Extrapolation has worked extremely well in predicting what AI will be capable of over the past 5 years; how confident are you that it will fail before we reach apocalyptic scenarios?
- dmarcos 2mo agoCervantes was capturing the zeitgeist of the time: reading too many books can make you mad as they were becoming accesible to anyone. We know it’s not true. People at anthropic don’t have any secret that many people outside already have. Again the burden of proof is on the person making a claim. That you feel concerned or scared doesn’t grant you special privileges to control or dictate a transforming technology.
- aesthesia 2mo agoThese aren't assertions being made without arguments or evidence. Maybe you've engaged with those and find them unconvincing. But from what you've said in this thread it seems more like you've dismissed them without serious consideration. My point is not that everyone should just shut up and believe whatever frontier lab employees say, but that they should take a public statement like this as a sign that maybe they should carefully consider these concerns rather than dismiss them out of hand.