[ExI] Zuckerberg is democratizing the singularity

[Keith Henson]

Bill, it just does not matter.  We are going to get super smart AI
sooner or later.

AI should be able to do lots of good things as well as possibly being
a danger.  Might as well get it sooner and enjoy the benefits.

Have you ever read "The Clinic Seed."  That is about Suskulan, a very
friendly AI, which has the effect of biological extinction for the
people it serves (but nobody dies).

Keith

On Sat, Jul 27, 2024 at 2:51 AM BillK via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 27 Jul 2024 at 09:56, Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > I agree that safety is critical. And now that open source is driving its
> > development, it will be safer for everybody, and not just the chosen few
> > that control it. AI-controlled weapons are already killing people in
> > Ukraine and Gaza. It is possible that an AGI will be less inclined to
> > kill some humans at the behest of other humans. After all, the AI won't
> > have all the instinctual primate baggage of predation, dominance, and
> > hierarchy driving its behavior.
> >
> > Stuart LaForge
> > _______________________________________________
>
>
> To me (in the UK) that sounds very much like an American saying that
> giving everybody guns will be safer for everybody, and not just for
> the chosen few allowed to have guns.
> The big danger is that the world will end up with an AI problem that is very
> similar to the USA gun violence problem.
>
> <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjqqelzgq17o>
> Quote:
> Since 2020, guns have been the leading cause of death for children and
> younger Americans.
> And the death rate from guns is 11.4 times higher in the US, compared
> to 28 other high-income countries, making the issue a uniquely
> American problem.
> ----------------
>
> This danger applies to the current AI development phase when every cyber
> criminal is stealing billions worldwide and using every tool in the
> book to threaten businesses worldwide.
> You can hope that an all-powerful AGI might make its own decisions and put
> a stop to all the criminal uses of AI.  But if we don't control the
> misuse of AI during development, we could end up with a criminal /
> fascist / insane AGI.
>
> BillK
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