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I don't think the problem is that people don't believe AI can be beneficial. The problem is the perception that AI will affect people's lives more negatively th
by smoe 2mo ago
I don't think the problem is that people don't believe AI can be beneficial. The problem is the perception that AI will affect people's lives more negatively than positively, while a few get even more obscenely rich and powerful.
If you don't tackle the societal level problems, nobody will care about research breakthroughs.
- user43928 2mo agoI don't see a lot of societal level problems other than the labor market, for which both Anthropic and OpenAI create research, monitoring, and policy advice. I don't think anyone will care about the largely made up issues about electricity prices or water use in case AI literally cures cancer.
- istypwbasofotso 2mo agoI don't see a lot of societal level problems other than the labor market His body was healthy, aside from the bullet in his skull.
- joshheitzman 2mo ago"I don't see a lot of societal level problems other than the labor market" - that one problem is large enough to result in societal collapse.
- nshshbr 2mo agoHow do you not see other societal level problems. This technology destroys human communication. It undermines the thing the internet came into existence for, and turns it into a liability. It grants intelligent analysis to a sprawling surveillance network. It makes people mentally ill. It destroys confidence and hope in technological progress. Who even cares about cancer at that point? I would rather die of cancer than live in a fake, ugly, artless world full of fake, stupid, and crazy people under constant surveillance by an AI.