Comment on AI Is a Total Grift
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day agoWe are so far away from a paperclip maximizer scenario that I can’t take anyone concerned about that seriously.
We have nothing even approaching true reasoning, despite all the misuse going on that would indicate otherwise.
Alignment? Takeoff? None of our current technologies under the AI moniker come anywhere remotely close to any reason for concern, and most signs point to us rapidly approaching a wall with our current approaches. Each new version from the top companies in the space right now has less and less advancement in capability compared to the last.
bacon_pdp@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I agree currently technology is extremely unlikely to achieve general intelligence but my expression was that we never should try to achieve AGI; it is not worth the risk until after we solve the alignment problem.
chobeat@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
“alignment problem” is what CEOs use as a distraction to take responsibility away from their grift and frame the issue as a technical problem. That’s another word that make you lose any credibility
bacon_pdp@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I think we are talking past each other. Alignment with human values is important; otherwise we end up with a paper clip optimizer wanting humans only as a feedstock of atoms or deciding to pull a “With Folded Hands” situation.
None of the “AI” companies are even remotely interested in or working on this legitimate concern.
balder1991@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Unfortunately game theory says we’re gonna do it whenever it’s technologically possible.
bacon_pdp@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Only for zero sum games