This article isn't asking us to stop it. It is talking about planning for a world in which AI displaces labour.
And even if this isn't the technology to do that, the fact we have absolutely 0 plan for a world beyond labour is frightening.
And even if this isn't the technology to do that, the fact we have absolutely 0 plan for a world beyond labour is frightening.
And this problem is actually just multiple smaller problems, that are actually an issue in society today, that also need to be solved.
I'm scared to ask you about climate change.
The AI threat sounds to me more like a person scared of the Terminator long time ago. It's always: step one: AGI comes, step two is too late. There is never any believably real scenario given, only those that partially rely on magic or feelings.
I'm always thinking, who in power would ever allow that power be given to anybody, or in this case, anything, else?
> I'm always thinking, who in power would ever allow that power be given to anybody, or in this case, anything, else?
Those in power may share your skepticism towards agi and give up power involuntarily. I'm not saying I stand with Yudkowsky, because the weakness of his argument (or so I think) is the lack of falsification. Basically whatever you can think of he comes at you with "agi predicted that and counteracted." I do believe it is a serious topic and I'd hoped people didn't divide into two groups so quickly.
So, AGI would need to exist in some robotic form (or control whatever keeps us alive), without oversight, control and share our biological needs and aspiritions (in order to participate in the food chain).
This is one of example arguments so far removed from current reality, I'm shocked real engineers are participating in.
This reminds me of the 2001 Space Odyssey scenario and wouldn't be surprised that's where the collective fear stems from (entertainment industry). In the same movie, aliens lit up one of the planets and made a sun out of it. How did they do that? No one knows, they are so much more advanced than us.
No I don't think so. To be at the top of the food chain doesn't necessarily mean to compete over the same resources. I think it's more like having all resources available and we are certainly interested in putting AI in charge of many of our resources, provided a capable AI arrives.
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> AI in charge of many of our resources
> provided a capable AI arrives
Yes, this is actually coming closer to reality. Please be more specific and list one resource, how we arrive at AI that controls it and why we do it, if it's so capable - without oversight