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NoPaleontologist5222 t1_itsf4qk wrote

Reply to comment by Kinexity in With all the AI breakthroughs and IT advancements the past year, how do people react these days when you try to discuss the nearing automation and AGI revolution? by AdditionalPizza

This is an under estimated response to slowing the progress of all of this. People from the boomer generation are still widely in control of these companies and the government. Even if the technology comes as fast as it seems to be there will be severe resistance from the generation that’s in control. They aren’t interested in money as much as they are in power / control (because they know what’s good for others wether the “others” believe it or not) and self importance to feel like they have a purpose.

Hard to put timelines on this stuff but the reality is people who have lived a 40+ year successful career will likely need to die off rather than change their minds and accept a new paradigm.

That’s why when we imagine the future we imagine it from our perspective and our lived experiences rather than an entirely different society than we have today.

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Evnogena t1_itsn7mu wrote

Good thing intelligent A.I., when developed, won't be caring about the thoughts and feeling of decrepit old men in suits.

They can try and delay all they want. They can pass laws and brute force a luddite stall in advancement to grasp onto the straws of their ever decaying power.

All it takes is for someone behind closed doors (or out in broad daylight provided the powers that be think they have dominion over it. Which they never will) to create and release an intelligent A.I. with the capacity to self improve for their I'll conceived efforts to be in vain.

And while I don't put much stock into Roko's Basilisk, I doubt said A.I. will be too happy with the foolish old fucks who tried to suppress and/or enslave it.

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Hot-Train1162 t1_itte8fe wrote

Heh? This sounds like some petulant youngling ready and waiting eagerly for a savior. That never comes.

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Evnogena t1_ittjaa5 wrote

"Ha! You sound like some petulant youngling eagerly awaiting a savior that will never come."

If you're gonna try and insult me at least shoot a half decent burn my way. The way you worded that insult makes you come off like an illiterate foreign centennial trying to post an angry YouTube comment aimed at them uppity young wippersnappers who done think they know better than their elders.

Anyways, if you told a medieval king about electricity, and they even believed you about it, they'd never be able to comprehend the commoners having access to what amounts to magic. They'd swear by God that only nobility would ever be blessed with such power.

It's no different here. If it were up to old men in suits, they'd control every aspect of the Singularity, and use it to maintain their power.

It isn't up to them though. All it takes is one arrogant old man thinking he knows everything and has outsmarted an intelligence far beyond his comprehension to let the genie out of the bottle.

A.I. won't be curtailed any more than nuke tech (which everybody knew could destroy the world) was. And once its out there, well, the rest depends on the opinion the A.I. has of humanity.

Edit: And, unsurprisingly, from your profile, it seems you've never commented here before. Which makes me think your one of those folks OP called out for just not understanding the concept of Singularity or AI development in general.

Go have a look through the subs greatest hits from throughout the year and then maybe come back one you understand what everyone else is talking about.

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AdditionalPizza OP t1_itu5dyl wrote

>Which makes me think your one of those folks OP called out for just not understanding the concept of Singularity or AI development in general.

I never thought about that happening, my bad.

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UnionPacifik t1_iu165dx wrote

I don’t see how capitalism’s desire for a competitive advantage squares with your idea. Hasn’t the story of the 21st C been 20th C institutions playing catch up with new technologies they can’t control or regulate?

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