One of the weirdest things to me about the tech scene for AI is you regularly hear variants on "Super-human intelligence is coming next year and will permanently alter life as we know it.
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One of the weirdest things to me about the tech scene for AI is you regularly hear variants on "Super-human intelligence is coming next year and will permanently alter life as we know it. Prepare your business and finances accordingly." Setting aside what you think about the first half, how does the second half make any sense? Like... what would you do differently, other than move to the woods?
@ZachWeinersmith ...and it particularly doesn't make sense from the point of view of the AI companies themselves.
"This time next year you will own a billion superhuman slaves" and you are still arguing about funding deals and compliance and government contracts? You should be building antarctic supervillain lairs or taking repentant refuge in a mountaintop monastery or something! -
@ZachWeinersmith I know it isn't what they mean, but it is a good reminder that large swaths of the tech industry are run by or funded by morons who are essentially just rich gamblers, and "prepare ... accordingly" for the rest of us means the next best time to [learn a marketable skill that computers are bad at, or at least sharpen up your resume] is now because if they keep doing this shit (and why would they stop?) they're going to crash the industry betting on magic beans
@ZachWeinersmith but, I know you already know this. artisanal socks and all that
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@ZachWeinersmith ...and it particularly doesn't make sense from the point of view of the AI companies themselves.
"This time next year you will own a billion superhuman slaves" and you are still arguing about funding deals and compliance and government contracts? You should be building antarctic supervillain lairs or taking repentant refuge in a mountaintop monastery or something!@ZachWeinersmith (The exception here is obviously Larry Ellison who already does have a classic volcano + megayacht supervillain lair. Credit to Larry, he has always known exactly what he is.)
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@ZachWeinersmith I know it isn't what they mean, but it is a good reminder that large swaths of the tech industry are run by or funded by morons who are essentially just rich gamblers, and "prepare ... accordingly" for the rest of us means the next best time to [learn a marketable skill that computers are bad at, or at least sharpen up your resume] is now because if they keep doing this shit (and why would they stop?) they're going to crash the industry betting on magic beans
@aeva @ZachWeinersmith The most imp. info. I've seen re: AI came from an extensive interview with a prominent leader in AI community from China. A child prodigy, hugely successful personable man w admirable values, still intact. He explored grave concerns for AI's impact & explained how we / society are truly unprepared for the changes. Largely due to lack of accurate info & the lack of proactive planning, training, strategies to tackle the changes. The govt does not seem to be taking an active
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@aeva @ZachWeinersmith The most imp. info. I've seen re: AI came from an extensive interview with a prominent leader in AI community from China. A child prodigy, hugely successful personable man w admirable values, still intact. He explored grave concerns for AI's impact & explained how we / society are truly unprepared for the changes. Largely due to lack of accurate info & the lack of proactive planning, training, strategies to tackle the changes. The govt does not seem to be taking an active
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@aeva @ZachWeinersmith The most imp. info. I've seen re: AI came from an extensive interview with a prominent leader in AI community from China. A child prodigy, hugely successful personable man w admirable values, still intact. He explored grave concerns for AI's impact & explained how we / society are truly unprepared for the changes. Largely due to lack of accurate info & the lack of proactive planning, training, strategies to tackle the changes. The govt does not seem to be taking an active
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One of the weirdest things to me about the tech scene for AI is you regularly hear variants on "Super-human intelligence is coming next year and will permanently alter life as we know it. Prepare your business and finances accordingly." Setting aside what you think about the first half, how does the second half make any sense? Like... what would you do differently, other than move to the woods?
@ZachWeinersmith Hi, Zach - I'm new here. Tried to reply about an interesting interview on AI. I'm wordy : ) so I needed a 2nd page to cont. Can't figure it out. It says my original post will be discarded. just fyi - I'm working on it -not just bailing out. Thx
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One of the weirdest things to me about the tech scene for AI is you regularly hear variants on "Super-human intelligence is coming next year and will permanently alter life as we know it. Prepare your business and finances accordingly." Setting aside what you think about the first half, how does the second half make any sense? Like... what would you do differently, other than move to the woods?
The second half is what tells you they don't actually believe the first.
It's like a Christian proclaiming the immanent Rapture and investing in their 401k - their actions put the lie to their words.
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One of the weirdest things to me about the tech scene for AI is you regularly hear variants on "Super-human intelligence is coming next year and will permanently alter life as we know it. Prepare your business and finances accordingly." Setting aside what you think about the first half, how does the second half make any sense? Like... what would you do differently, other than move to the woods?
@ZachWeinersmith I mean, I make food for a living, so unless the superhuman intelligences wipe out everyone who eats food I’m… not expecting my life to fundamentally change?
It’s never been clear to me if the people who make these kind of declarations have any understanding of the food chain beyond “and then my waiter brings it to me”.
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It'd be like saying "the rapture is coming and the worthy dead will soon return to the bosom of Christ, so make sure to keep eating fiber"
@ZachWeinersmith @glyph regularity is important! You wouldn’t want to be raptured while on the toilet!
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It'd be like saying "the rapture is coming and the worthy dead will soon return to the bosom of Christ, so make sure to keep eating fiber"
@ZachWeinersmith Be sure to wear clean underwear in case today is The Rapture!
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One of the weirdest things to me about the tech scene for AI is you regularly hear variants on "Super-human intelligence is coming next year and will permanently alter life as we know it. Prepare your business and finances accordingly." Setting aside what you think about the first half, how does the second half make any sense? Like... what would you do differently, other than move to the woods?
Invest in eye drops in preparation for all the eye-rolling everyone will soon be doing.
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One of the weirdest things to me about the tech scene for AI is you regularly hear variants on "Super-human intelligence is coming next year and will permanently alter life as we know it. Prepare your business and finances accordingly." Setting aside what you think about the first half, how does the second half make any sense? Like... what would you do differently, other than move to the woods?
It kind of sounds like 'write your will and kiss your ass goodbye'.
But first 'gimme money'.
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@ZachWeinersmith Hi, Zach - I'm new here. Tried to reply about an interesting interview on AI. I'm wordy : ) so I needed a 2nd page to cont. Can't figure it out. It says my original post will be discarded. just fyi - I'm working on it -not just bailing out. Thx
@Leaha You just post, and then reply to your post to continue. For clarity, you might want to use a counter on each in the thread. Like so.
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@Leaha You just post, and then reply to your post to continue. For clarity, you might want to use a counter on each in the thread. Like so.
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@Leaha And like so.
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One of the weirdest things to me about the tech scene for AI is you regularly hear variants on "Super-human intelligence is coming next year and will permanently alter life as we know it. Prepare your business and finances accordingly." Setting aside what you think about the first half, how does the second half make any sense? Like... what would you do differently, other than move to the woods?
I would prepare by giving the people who say this sort of thing a swirly and then stuff them into a locker.
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