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1. edot · 1791067681 · focus · HN ↗

   Absolutely based. Finally someone of stature in the industry calling this whole fear overblown. Bill Gates sounded like a nontechnical goofball in his Ezra Klein interview where he basically just screamed that the Terminator is real.

   There are lots of real worries (government use to suppress the people with minimal manpower or popular support, brainrot and fake news, unemployment due to the belief that LLMs can replace people, education collapse, etc.) we should instead be looking at. This whole rogue AI shtick is tiresome.

   1. doginasuit · 1791121343 · focus · HN ↗

      > Bill Gates sounded like a nontechnical goofball in his Ezra Klein interview where he basically just screamed that the Terminator is real.

      Did we watch the same interview? Gates all but dismissed the SkyNet scenario as uncertain to be a problem and certainly not a problem on our doorstep. His major concern was catastrophic misuse of AI (e.g., bioterrorism) and economic impact on blue collar workers. Arguably inconsistent with this concern, he also believed it was important to make it available in poorer countries.

      1. 4858585858 · 1791127913 · focus · HN ↗

         Anyone with the capabilities to do bioterrorism doesn't need AI he can just buy a textbook or use google. Same for all complex forms of destructive thought.
      2. edot · 1791141517 · focus · HN ↗

         I must admit I only watched a clip, not the full interview. The quote I’m remembering was something along the likes of AI being more dangerous than nukes. In literally no circumstance is that true. One is a literal nuclear bomb. You wouldn’t say that a nuke is as dangerous as AI, which logically must be true if the reverse is true. You also wouldn’t say a diagram of a nuke is more dangerous than an actual nuke …

         1. qn8bdebq · 1791142693 · focus · HN ↗

            While I could give you a brief explanation of the context around this statement which makes it seem a lot more realistic and sensible, I suggest it is better if you watch the video and get the context yourself.

            A lot of what he said there would sound like alarmist bs if you take it out of context.

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