I thought I’d put a few words together this month, as the AI discussion has quickly become very grim and very confused in equal measure. The last post may have been a little flippant (although it had a serious core). This isn’t really – although the language may suggest so in places.
For TL:DR, it’s this:
- Yes, there’s a significant possibility that AI could be catastrophic for us.
- Much of this was foreseen many years ago.
- Strange that we couldn’t do anything about it?
- There’s still a chance of avoiding the disaster.
- We probably won’t take it.
As such, there’s an obvious parallel with the environment, to which all the above apply equally.
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