Lots of anti-AI takes seem to fall prey to the moralistic fallacy (ie because something shouldn’t be, thinking it isn’t). I’m very skeptical of the claims AI companies make, their motives, and whether their impact will be anything positive. But I am pretty tired of takes like this that are so reflexively skeptical of anything AI that they carelessly dismiss claims about the dangers and real impacts of AI that are happening.
(And to be clear: I’m not talking about being skeptical of fantastic claims about things that have not happened- ie an AI takeover, runaway super-intelligence, etc.)
What kind of real evidence about the dangers of AI that are happening do you have that didn't come from an AI company, wasn't about some internal test that conveniently can't be replicated or independently verified, where nobody disabled guardrails that would be in place for typical users, or where they didn't instruct the AI to roleplay as someone doing something evil? What danger are we seeing right now in the real world that people aren't taking seriously?
The vast majority of the AI-doomerism (if one wants to call it like that) actually doesn't come from AI companies, rather, from a few (high-profile) individuals.
(I intentionally ignore the tsunami of trash journalism and the likes)
AI companies were quick to sign the "Statement on AI Extinction Risk" <a href="https://aistatement.com/work/statement-on-ai-extinction-risk#signatories" rel="nofollow">https://aistatement.com/work/statement-on-ai-extinction-risk...
"White-collar work, where you’re sitting down at a computer, either being a lawyer or an accountant or a project manager or a marketing person, most of those tasks will be fully automated by an AI within the next 12 to 18 months" <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTrBz6Z5c0E" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTrBz6Z5c0E
AI companies aren't leaving a lot of AI-doomerism ground uncovered.
quicklywilliam · · focus · HN ↗
(And to be clear: I’m not talking about being skeptical of fantastic claims about things that have not happened- ie an AI takeover, runaway super-intelligence, etc.)
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pizza234 · · focus · HN ↗
(I intentionally ignore the tsunami of trash journalism and the likes)
autoexec · · focus · HN ↗
AI companies were quick to sign the "Statement on AI Extinction Risk" <a href="https://aistatement.com/work/statement-on-ai-extinction-risk#signatories" rel="nofollow">https://aistatement.com/work/statement-on-ai-extinction-risk...
"White-collar work, where you’re sitting down at a computer, either being a lawyer or an accountant or a project manager or a marketing person, most of those tasks will be fully automated by an AI within the next 12 to 18 months" <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTrBz6Z5c0E" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTrBz6Z5c0E
AI companies aren't leaving a lot of AI-doomerism ground uncovered.