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A similar line of thought is used to justify corruption: "Corruption is not going away so people will have to get used to it. The alternative is making less mo
by adamddev1 18d ago
A similar line of thought is used to justify corruption:
"Corruption is not going away so people will have to get used to it. The alternative is making less money than people who are happy to take bribes."
- selectodude 18d agoI can’t run a corruption racket in my basement.
- measurablefunc 18d agoPeople used to complain about compilers as well.
- adamddev1 18d agoCompilers are deterministic.
- measurablefunc 18d agoSo are AI.
- adamddev1 18d agoLLMs are probabilistic, not deterministic.
- measurablefunc 18d agoThat is a very common misconception.
- btilly 18d agoThe fact that a similar argument can be made does not mean that it is wrong. Socrates famously made the opposing side of the argument against writing. Which is why we mostly know of him through Plato, who did believe in writing. And to your corruption example. If you live in a society where corruption is normal and expected, you will be worse off if you are unwilling to be corrupt. It is indeed a local optima. But we are all, of course, better off if we live in a society where corruption is punished. To me, the worst thing about modern US politics, is that it's encouraging us to see ourselves as living in a world where corruption exists and is tolerated.