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Re: Meta's Vision for Superintelligence

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Post by wslh »

khelavastr wrote: post #4

How is "superintelligence" defined?

Same question. I don't think there's a universal definition of superintelligence.

Just to add some food for thought: Is superintelligence simply a very high IQ, a higher than top humans one? If so, we'd need a way to measure that, since existing IQ tests are designed for human intelligence. Or is superintelligence about scale/order-of-magnitude: many high-IQ minds working together? That would imply a different kind of threshold. But perhaps the key idea is that superintelligence is inherently uncapped, that is once we reach a level we consider "superintelligent" we can still imagine something even more advanced that fits the same label.

Re: Meta's Vision for Superintelligence

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Post by hnthrow90348765 »

This stuff is naive. There's a bunch of people who want a large income (wealth) disparity, and they will fight to preserve it unless you give them an equivalent station in the 'new world'.

But you will still need to sustain ex-workers if they can't get normal jobs, and those same people at the top will not tolerate the taxes required to sustain a basic level of living for much wider population. They already can't tolerate the idea of a much smaller population using food assistance or healthcare from the government.

That leads me to think this is not really a visionary statement, but just a signal that Mark isn't intentionally trying to bring about a new dystopia, and here's his proof. And if a dystopia happens to come about, you can't blame him because he had pure intentions; clearly it was everyone else who just didn't agree with him and it's their fault.

Maybe make Meta a not-for-profit and there might be some credibility here.

Re: Meta's Vision for Superintelligence

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Post by azinman2 »

I don’t know who will buy this puff piece of a utopian future brought to you by… Meta? Filled with scandal after negative world changing behaviors that they don’t stop? The ones that want to make money no matter what harms it does? Why would the future with even more powerful technology be any different?

Re: Meta's Vision for Superintelligence

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Post by ctippett »

reaperducer wrote: post #22
twoodfin wrote: post #9

If trends continue, then you'd expect people to spend less time in productivity software, and more time creating and connecting. Does the average American worker today spend a ton of time in productivity software? I know and Zuckerberg surely knows the impact on labor will be much more pervasive than that, so it seems like an odd way to frame the future.

Does the average American worker today spend a ton of time in productivity software? "Average?" No. But many millions of people, yes. The majority of people in my company spend their day tied to Microsoft Office. Which bring its own problems when managers don't understand that building a computer program isn't the same speed, complexity, and skill level as making a PowerPoint presentation.

I know your comparison to PowerPoint was probably not meant to be taken literally, but I'll just add that a good presentation takes just as much time, skill and effort as any creative endeavour (including programming).

Re: Meta's Vision for Superintelligence

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Post by saubeidl »

mrcwinn wrote: post #14

>Personal superintelligence that knows us deeply, understands our goals, and can help us achieve. >We believe the benefits of superintelligence should be shared with the world as broadly as possible. So... ads.

Not just ads. Psyops, a propaganda machine unlike anything the world has ever seen. There's a reason Zuck and the US government are real cozy lately.
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