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"We are witnessing a general threat to intellectual work, with misalignment between the outcome of the use of AI and its initial purpose" Suppose we eventually
by sim04ful 21d ago
"We are witnessing a general threat to intellectual work, with misalignment between the outcome of the use of AI and its initial purpose"
Suppose we eventually have GPT-7-class models running practically on $100 devices, with their activity transparent, inspectable, and reproducible. At that point, what exactly is left for us to fear from this threat?
- vatsachak 21d agoWhat's the threat? I would use it to write a dependent type theory that is JIT compiled and use it to rewrite emacs.
- Centigonal 21d agoI've got to ask, let's say we get a small modular nuclear reactor running practically on a 1 acre lot, its design meltdown proof and waste-free, what then should we fear from this threat ? This is just a thought experiment. Jokes aside, any productivity-improving technology, even one with no negative externalities, has the potential to cause economic displacement and wealth concentration in proportion to the productivity gains catalyzed. Anthropic did a cool analysis of this for AI here: https://www.anthropic.com/institute/econ-scenarios https://www.anthropic.com/institute/econ-scenarios
- deaton 21d agoThe fact that those models are encroaching on things only human minds could do. Personally, as a human, I want there to be things humans are the best at, and intellectual things were the final thing that machines hadn't beaten us at.
- buellerbueller 21d ago100% on board with this take.
- TitusCaius 20d ago[dead]