Thank you. I found your suggestions sensible and useful. We are already “controlled” by technology: roads, architectures, signs, furniture design, appliances.
Our dependence and delight at these “conveniences” allow us to ignore the way they control our ways of doing things and change our experiences of everyday life. (Darn that stove, I loved the fire.)
I am not worried, but curious. Of course AI won't replace humans, this is self-evident if you think about it. Your metabolism will take you to fridge, your social brain to other people. It is like automobiles. Eventually, we will be able to travel faster where we are going, whether it is art or science. There will be casualties, as there were when autos were hard and humans soft with no safety belts. But eventually there will be traffic rules, safety belts and airbags. Some will speed and get fined, other drive drunk, injure people, and get sentenced. Things will settle because we are not stupid. And thanks Alberto :)
Yeah I've been paying more attention to the systems underneath AI (including semiconductors and business) and not too much to spheres of thought amongst AI influencers. I'm starting to see remnants of these thoughts in post titles through my feed (like permanent underclass, and even a post from Dwarkesh about intelligence and power).
For me, what AI researchers have done is just one one part of the whole picture. I think its more important to just be present and see how you can add value and now and be curious about how things work, rather than expend your energy consuming these thoughts and be anxious about the future. These people sort of feed off of that news if you ask me.
This is perhaps one of many articles that reek of naivite and wishful thinking. The author seems to suggest that we all just sit back and let the technology determine our future - the opposite of our humaness. We need to investigate and yes control the tech - not let it control us. Technology and algorithms do not lead to the good life. We must control that life if we are to maintain a human centered future. I think many of us in this country, are tired of the apologists for technology and in particular for AI.
Thank you. I found your suggestions sensible and useful. We are already “controlled” by technology: roads, architectures, signs, furniture design, appliances.
Our dependence and delight at these “conveniences” allow us to ignore the way they control our ways of doing things and change our experiences of everyday life. (Darn that stove, I loved the fire.)
I am not worried, but curious. Of course AI won't replace humans, this is self-evident if you think about it. Your metabolism will take you to fridge, your social brain to other people. It is like automobiles. Eventually, we will be able to travel faster where we are going, whether it is art or science. There will be casualties, as there were when autos were hard and humans soft with no safety belts. But eventually there will be traffic rules, safety belts and airbags. Some will speed and get fined, other drive drunk, injure people, and get sentenced. Things will settle because we are not stupid. And thanks Alberto :)
Yeah I've been paying more attention to the systems underneath AI (including semiconductors and business) and not too much to spheres of thought amongst AI influencers. I'm starting to see remnants of these thoughts in post titles through my feed (like permanent underclass, and even a post from Dwarkesh about intelligence and power).
For me, what AI researchers have done is just one one part of the whole picture. I think its more important to just be present and see how you can add value and now and be curious about how things work, rather than expend your energy consuming these thoughts and be anxious about the future. These people sort of feed off of that news if you ask me.
> "If the ideas inside it are correct, then you can’t do anything about them."
Again, I feel like the "ban the technology" option is not being adequately explored here.
Yep. I mean as an individual. This is, after all, a practical guide
This is perhaps one of many articles that reek of naivite and wishful thinking. The author seems to suggest that we all just sit back and let the technology determine our future - the opposite of our humaness. We need to investigate and yes control the tech - not let it control us. Technology and algorithms do not lead to the good life. We must control that life if we are to maintain a human centered future. I think many of us in this country, are tired of the apologists for technology and in particular for AI.