Marcelle Rusu (they/them)
11/15/2023, 1:46 PMGreg Bylenok
11/15/2023, 3:29 PMMarcelle Rusu (they/them)
11/15/2023, 3:37 PMWe may reach a point where general intelligence is "good enough" for most tasks, and then model expansion is deemed uneconomicalSo I'm clear, in this future when a model is good enough, can I go ahead & run it myself on my computer? And how does it solve my concern?
Kartik Agaram
Greg Bylenok
11/15/2023, 4:16 PMKonrad Hinsen
11/16/2023, 6:28 AMChristian Gill
11/16/2023, 2:44 PMMarcelle Rusu (they/them)
11/16/2023, 2:46 PMChristian Gill
11/16/2023, 2:46 PMKartik Agaram
Christian Gill
11/16/2023, 5:47 PMMarcelle Rusu (they/them)
11/16/2023, 10:30 PMChristian Gill
11/16/2023, 11:00 PMMarcelle Rusu (they/them)
11/16/2023, 11:01 PMChristian Gill
11/16/2023, 11:01 PMChristian Gill
11/16/2023, 11:02 PMAI is dangerous, yes, but not for most of the reasons that tend to be discussed. Iām less worried about Terminator or economic upsets as I am about the further breakdown in sense- and meaning-making. [...] Specifically, Iām worried about the cultural effects: people with AI romantic partners, people getting arrested for mistreating their computers, people committing their life to the illusion that theyāll live on in a computer realm, people further reduced to despair and nihilism on the reductionistic assumption that consciousness is just computation, people electing computers to positions of power (and being castigated as backwards oppressors if they donāt acknowledge personhood in the algorithms), people bowing down and worshipping code (while paying its priests money), etc. In short, Iām worried much more about the human folly than the dangers of the technological advance itself.Quoting https://www.brendangrahamdempsey.com/ but I don't know where this specific was posted
Kartik Agaram
Marcelle Rusu (they/them)
11/17/2023, 3:24 AMKartik Agaram
Konrad Hinsen
11/17/2023, 12:41 PMMarcelle Rusu (they/them)
11/17/2023, 2:37 PMChristian Gill
11/17/2023, 2:52 PMKartik Agaram
I think this is where the comparison of AI to internet really falls apart.Sorry I keep harping on this, but I really don't think so. I think the failure of the internet has deep lessons to offer if you look. Elegant open protocols are not enough, they're just breeding grounds for gnarly proprietary protocols. The internet too offered freedom, freedom from other people. And it has led to its own suburbs and selfish paradises (lovely phrasing, btw). Don't discard one cautionary tale to focus on another. All cautionary tales are precious because they form so slowly over time. In the end they're just mirrors reflecting our own selves. We're going to need all the help/mirrors we can get to responsibly husband AI.
Marcelle Rusu (they/them)
11/17/2023, 2:59 PMKonrad Hinsen
11/18/2023, 6:07 AM