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> Are the AI companies worried about anything but their valuations? >I don’t care about their valuations, but I do care about the risks that they are creating
by andai 2mo ago
> Are the AI companies worried about anything but their valuations?
>I don’t care about their valuations, but I do care about the risks that they are creating for the economy, society, and the technological advancement, at large.
Doesn't the same thing apply to every company? And also every government? And also individual?
We're all doing the "locally rational" thing, and globally doing... well...
I think the main factor is time horizon.
Locally rational behavior begins to look globally rational when you add time horizon.
For example, if I'm doing what's best for my family for the next five generations, that starts to look a lot like what is good for the whole country and the whole world.
- Demiurge 2mo agoYes, this applies to every company. The institutions have evolved a lot, and how we look at social safety and fairness have both evolved and devolved at the same time. Companies, individuals, and governments have different roles. Rationality from their perspective is specific to their perspective, and I don’t believe just because evolution or physics are rational we should die off from a new virus or asteroid impact. That would be perfectly rational, but I don’t care about the global rationality of the universe. What is best for my family and other families is not what is best for Sam Altman or Sataya, or Elon Mask. We’re just talking about market players. What I’m saying is that these market forces need an outlet via some new infrastructure and regulation. Maybe it’s not micro-payments, maybe it’s some other new ideas. I just don’t want the next century to be the century of East India AI sticking me in a Matrix pod, rationally.