I am not anti-AI. When I was a teen back in the 80s I was fascinated by AI. “War Games” was my favorite movie. It inspired me to write a few basic games (in BASIC!) that used AI. I’ve been following the developments since then. AI could be the best thing ever. AI could make education so much better, custom-tailored for each student. Provide affordable access to medical services, make public services cheaper and more efficient, advance science. make discoveries, etc. Basically, improve the lives of billions around the world, particularly those with lower resources today. Unfortunately we’re not on that trajectory today. We’re the trajectory to replace workers (particularly knowledge workers for the benefit of corporations and CEOs. We’re in the trajectory of creating billions of AI-addicted people through the exploitation of intimacy with chatbots. We’re in the trajectory of mass unemployment, an explosion in loneliness and a future of state (or private) dependency unparalleled in history. All of this brought to you by a handful of billionaires with inflated egos and no accountability, that feel entitled to decide the future of world, and for whom the collapse of society and the downfall of humanity are acceptable -and maybe even desirable- outcomes. The people forcing this on us are insulated from any consequences. Some of these CEOs have publicly said that there’s a non-zero percentage chance AGI / ASI will exterminate us all. I often hear the analogy of building a bridge. If you build a bridge and it would have a 10% chance of falling, would go across? Of course not. Its just not worth it. But the analogy is just not complete. It doesn’t really reflect the danger nor the accountability of those people building the bridge. A more accurate analogy would be like this: There’s a dozen people building a bridge, and it has a 10% chance of collapsing. They actually dont really know what’s on the other side of the bridge, but they want ALL HUMANITY to cross the bridge, whether they like it or not. By the way, the 12 people building the bridge (and their families) all have parachutes and protection, so even if the bridge falls down, they will still be ok. I’m not anti-AI. I’m anti THAT AI. I’m anti dystopia by default. I’ve been listening to a few that share these concerns and I want to widen their message. In particular: Centre for Humane technology: https://www.humanetech.com/ Control AI : https://controlai.com/about Please do have a listen what they saying. One common theme about these two organizations is that they saw ground-level resistance and voicing opinions is key. Companies and billionaires respond to incentives but also respond to public opinion. Silence is a green light. If you don’t want dystopia by default, take action. Spread the message. submitted by /u/LiveComfortable3228
Originally posted by u/LiveComfortable3228 on r/ArtificialInteligence
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