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For example: if there shouldn't be billionaires, why buy from Amazon rather than a local shop?
Perhaps the same level of consciousness and self reflection would be required here too.
I'm more interested in the question of who benefits from AI? If it just creates more concentration of wealth then the world may be worse off. If it benefits all humanity, then the world is better off. How do we get the latter instead of the former? It might come down to sensible tax codes enacted by well-functioning democracy. Or maybe we need to invent whole new economic systems.
Stopping people from using AI is sort of like banning people from doing math. Maybe it can work for awhile, but in the long run computers just keep getting faster, and algorithms to make effective use of existing hardware get better. I'm more interested in the question of who benefits from AI? If it just creates more concentration of wealth then the world may be worse off. If it benefits all humanity, then the world…
I see AI as a new tool and an advantage for humanity in general. Work to negate how the tool can be used as a disadvantage, as with every new or evolving technology.
In my opinion, yes, of course such a movement would find traction. We've seen similar movements at every major technological shift in human history. Some examples off the top of my head are certain types of Orthodox Jewish religions and the Amish. Even the term "sabotage" was from workers throwing their shoes ("sabos") into machines for fear of them losing their jobs [0]. There's been a steady stream of anarchists, l…
Today's transformer networks are the first hints of a technology that will replace humans completely for all purposes. It's qualitatively different, like world-destroying atomic bombs versus the minor explosives that came before. This is not like a loom replacing hand-weaving. We're rapidly converging on a full replacement for the human mind. These systems will not defeat you with guns like in Terminator. They will d…
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Today's transformer networks are the first hints of a technology that will replace humans completely for all purposes. It's qualitatively different, like world-destroying atomic bombs versus the minor explosives that came before. This is not like a loom replacing hand-weaving. We're rapidly converging on a full replacement for the human mind. These systems will not defeat you with guns like in Terminator. They will d…
There is a complete and utter annihilation of a generation in a rolling 120 year window. That is, there is, to most anyone's knowledge, no human older than 120 years. We've lost every single person from generations that are older than 120 years ago. We call this "natural" but otherwise completely accept this death of billions. Our children will propagate whatever it is to be human forward. If the next generation is c…
In the early twentieth century, coach driving professionals suddenly found themselves out of a job, having to switch careers and adapt. Some never recovered, but it was a net benefit for society.
Do you also want to bring back factory assembly line jobs?
Do you think “commoditization” of intelligence and creativity, whatever that means exactly, is a new phenomenon?
The idea that peoples behavior can be controlled by a minority preaching a moral agenda is total fantasy. I promise you the silence from the crowd is because their mouthes are filled with affordable factory farmed chicken. Of the 8 billion people hailing a ride how many do you think would rather pay double and stand in the rain? Just you and a small handful of friends - and the irony is that people with your attitude have no place to go. Many closed doors in the future for you