[ExI] The Problem With Counterfeit People

[Dylan Distasio]

Based on that article, it sounds like Dennett has been hanging out with
Eliezer Yudkowsky.   I'm quite disappointed with both of their recent hot
takes.

On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 7:31 PM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> New article by Daniel C. Dennett    May 16, 2023.
>
> The Problem With Counterfeit People
> Companies using AI to generate fake people are committing an immoral
> act of vandalism, and should be held liable.
>
> <
> https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/05/problem-counterfeit-people/674075/
> >
> Quotes:
> Today, for the first time in history, thanks to artificial
> intelligence, it is possible for anybody to make counterfeit people
> who can pass for real in many of the new digital environments we have
> created. These counterfeit people are the most dangerous artifacts in
> human history, capable of destroying not just economies but human
> freedom itself.
>
> Creating counterfeit digital people risks destroying our civilization.
> Democracy depends on the informed (not misinformed) consent of the
> governed. By allowing the most economically and politically powerful
> people, corporations, and governments to control our attention, these
> systems will control us.
>
> The key design innovation in the technology that makes losing control
> of these systems a real possibility is that, unlike nuclear bombs,
> these weapons can reproduce. Evolution is not restricted to living
> organisms, as Richard Dawkins demonstrated in 1976 in The Selfish
> Gene. Counterfeit people are already beginning to manipulate us into
> midwiving their progeny. They will learn from one another, and those
> that are the smartest, the fittest, will not just survive; they will
> multiply.
> --------------------
>
> These AIs pretending to be people could become the Great Persuaders of
> the internet.
> They are not just amusing toys for us to play with.
>
> BillK
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