This post explores a few recent news items: more AI bloopers, the AI bubble, and Musk’s ridiculous claim that everyone will get “universal high income” once AGI arrives.
You know it’s posts like this that remind me that there a still rational people out there (Not those Rationalists btw!). You know if you go on the r/Singularity subreddit or pretty much any “AI Utopia”/“AI Apocalypse” subreddit you see people acting like this, that once AGI/ASI is developed all our problems go away. And it really makes you wonder what these people’s rationals are: No matter who it is they’ll defend because without them no AGI: Musk, Altman, Amodei. It never stops with these people. And of course the other side thinks the same way, “AGI is dangerous but we should still develop it so it doesn’t become dangerous”.Of course I also don’t believe we are getting AGI anytime soon, but it is amazing how much those people across the internet will defend what we’re doing to “get there”, especially in terms of destroying the environment. Again Émile, I salute you 🫡.
It's the seductive power of utopian thinking! It really is amazing -- history is absolutely full of people claiming that the end is nigh / utopia is imminent. The seduction is that *this time might be different*. Lol. thanks so much for reading, and for sharing your thoughts here! :-)
The people seems to be already powerless in your analysis. An American pov? I agree with your demonization of the oligarchs, but the possibility of democratic or violent political change remains as long as there is a “poor” supermajority. Socialist (even post-socialist “authoritarian”) countries can deal with this better than capitalist countries, imo.
You know it’s posts like this that remind me that there a still rational people out there (Not those Rationalists btw!). You know if you go on the r/Singularity subreddit or pretty much any “AI Utopia”/“AI Apocalypse” subreddit you see people acting like this, that once AGI/ASI is developed all our problems go away. And it really makes you wonder what these people’s rationals are: No matter who it is they’ll defend because without them no AGI: Musk, Altman, Amodei. It never stops with these people. And of course the other side thinks the same way, “AGI is dangerous but we should still develop it so it doesn’t become dangerous”.Of course I also don’t believe we are getting AGI anytime soon, but it is amazing how much those people across the internet will defend what we’re doing to “get there”, especially in terms of destroying the environment. Again Émile, I salute you 🫡.
It's the seductive power of utopian thinking! It really is amazing -- history is absolutely full of people claiming that the end is nigh / utopia is imminent. The seduction is that *this time might be different*. Lol. thanks so much for reading, and for sharing your thoughts here! :-)
The people seems to be already powerless in your analysis. An American pov? I agree with your demonization of the oligarchs, but the possibility of democratic or violent political change remains as long as there is a “poor” supermajority. Socialist (even post-socialist “authoritarian”) countries can deal with this better than capitalist countries, imo.
“they” rofl. 🤡🤡🤡
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