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AI 2040 and the cult of intelligence

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Re: AI 2040 and the cult of intelligence

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Post by ThrowawayR2 »

Yep, that's horrifying. Imagine LLMs not just denying information about, to intentionally choose a hot button example, abortions but also invisibly logging a black mark against the asker for thoughtcrime/precrime because the current ruling party has baked their ideology into law. [EDIT] Imagine subtle injection of biases into responses that support the agenda of the current ruling party and failing to include any counterarguments. That wasn't possible with just the internet but it is very possible with centralized LLMs and a public dependent on them for looking up information and doing their reasoning for them. Authoritarians of every stripe must be salivating over the prospect.

Re: AI 2040 and the cult of intelligence

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Post by drdaeman »

muvlon wrote: post #5

Ah yes, the thing wrong with AI is how it won't help you kill your wife. I didn't check the author first so I was about to go "why the hell is this on the front page?" but oh well. geohot being geohot.

You must’ve missed all the other examples. There are plenty of less unrealistic and less scandalous hypotheticals.

Re: AI 2040 and the cult of intelligence

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Post by yeeetz »

muvlon wrote: post #5

Ah yes, the thing wrong with AI is how it won't help you kill your wife. I didn't check the author first so I was about to go "why the hell is this on the front page?" but oh well. geohot being geohot.

it's a graphic example but illustrative of his point about autonomy/agency versus top-down dictated centralization
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