Currently the swing is in the other direction: so many specialists claim that AI is life threatening and will come to haunt us. A lone voice of reason is LeCun. Most alarmists must be aware their claims are off he wall based on current progress. Paraphrasing a recent claim: "there is a chance AI will annihilate us, and the chance is clos…
Currently the swing is in the other direction: so many specialists claim that AI is life threatening and will come to haunt us. A lone voice of reason is LeCun. Most alarmists must be aware their claims are off he wall based on current progress. Paraphrasing a recent claim: "there is a chance AI will annihilate us, and the chance is close to zero". This vacuous claim made the news channels gobble up the first part. It makes me wonder whether the alarmist claims serve to detract from the criticism (which also swung too far as discussed in this article). If AI is seen as life threatening then this quiets criticism. It makes AI seem real and fully in place (currently it captures a slice of intelligence, detecting patterns). A position of power is created as those who claim to see massive danger ahead are the most likely port of call for people looking to do something about it. It is a great play if viewed as chess, but it hollows out trust in science. The seesaw between both parties is tiresome and it is sad to see it occur in a field I love. I respect your level headed contributions.
Currently the swing is in the other direction: so many specialists claim that AI is life threatening and will come to haunt us. A lone voice of reason is LeCun. Most alarmists must be aware their claims are off he wall based on current progress. Paraphrasing a recent claim: "there is a chance AI will annihilate us, and the chance is close to zero". This vacuous claim made the news channels gobble up the first part. It makes me wonder whether the alarmist claims serve to detract from the criticism (which also swung too far as discussed in this article). If AI is seen as life threatening then this quiets criticism. It makes AI seem real and fully in place (currently it captures a slice of intelligence, detecting patterns). A position of power is created as those who claim to see massive danger ahead are the most likely port of call for people looking to do something about it. It is a great play if viewed as chess, but it hollows out trust in science. The seesaw between both parties is tiresome and it is sad to see it occur in a field I love. I respect your level headed contributions.