ouaisouais2_2 OP t1_it65jab wrote on October 21, 2022 at 5:29 AM

Reply to comment by Gilded-Mongoose in Why do companies develop AI when they know the consequences could be disastrous? by ouaisouais2_2

what are you guys on this subreddit if it's not asking that question lmao

Gilded-Mongoose t1_it65r1w wrote on October 21, 2022 at 5:32 AM

To see instances of progression not sound the alarms or Hollywood plot our way through the days.

ouaisouais2_2 OP t1_it6ey67 wrote on October 21, 2022 at 7:27 AM

ok. that's all good although i regret the lack of critique and concern

Gilded-Mongoose t1_it6fg6j wrote on October 21, 2022 at 7:34 AM

I think the alarms are both dramatic enough and are enough false alarms/alarmist that we dismiss them.

If anything it could bring about the 5th Industrial Revolution in ways that we haven’t seen before. And just as the 1st through ongoing-4th ones have been, we’ve gone along for the ride. As a species we are very, very adaptable and flexible. And singularity on its own - software, calculations, non-living incentives (most of our social malice stems from our biological mortality, which would have to be artificially programmed, and which would be weeded out by the majority of purely logical directives) - isn’t very much of a threat. It opens up far, far more progressive opportunities than threats. Far more than society’s collective creativity is even aware of yet - see how over in AI, all they’re doing is creating porn, psychedelic videos, and just generally weird or stupid concepts.

Even the scientific community is really only using it as a shortcut processing tool.

So yeah. Real life is often boring and I think that, realistically, we’re expecting relatively more of the same in that regard.