Right now the biggest justification in the US for pushing the exponential development of AI as quickly as possible is the argument that we need to do so to win the race against our adversaries. But… it feels like this race is a race to our own demise. So do we really want to win? A race to economic collapse due to the loss of jobs. A race to a world where information quality is lost because AI is now sourcing AI. A race to people going into psychosis because of relationships they form with chat bots. A race to unlocking a super intelligence that we don’t completely understand and letting it influence and leak into every aspect of our lives and the systems that govern our nation. Remember the tale of the hare and the tortoise? It has been ingrained in us that “slow and steady wins the race.” I feel like AI is the perfect situation to apply the moral of this story. Yet here we are. What if we are “winning” the race right now because we are the hare… and the tortoise is watching us make mistakes and learning from them rather than making the mistakes themselves. This isn’t a race we want to win, it’s actually not a race at all. Technology is ongoing, there isn’t a true “finish line” so why are we acting like there’s urgency to get somewhere first and not allowing policy the time it needs to be put into place to protect people. Money… that’s why. Those who are profiting are doing so at the expense of everyone else. It’s like playing monopoly against your own team. Sure someone will hold all the fake bills in the end and owns the most properties… but the game is over when there’s no one left to play with. Our adversaries are probably just waiting for the US to speed race into the collapse of itself & letting the greed of those in power predictably make the decisions that benefit them as individuals rather than the country. Especially since the people making decisions have diversified financial profiles that will be okay if the US dollar collapses regardless. What do you think? Is the race real? submitted by /u/theuniversetalking
Originally posted by u/theuniversetalking on r/ArtificialInteligence
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