[ExI] Zuckerberg is democratizing the singularity

[ilsa]

https://terasemjournals.net/GNJournal/GN0202/henson1.html

This the clinic seed that you're referring?
Smile, ilsa

On Sat, Jul 27, 2024, 3:51 PM Keith Henson via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> 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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