“One just convinced a Google QA engineer to the point he broke his NDA to try and be a whistleblower on its behalf.”
This is spot on. The danger is not from the AI themselves. The danger is from people’s reactions to the AI’s.
I remember seeing a Boston Dynamics video years ago where they kicked their robot to test stability. The video was littered with comments sympathizing with the robot because it moves in a lifelike way, “Stop being so mean! You’re hurting it!”
The capability to imitate intelligence is only going to grow, and along with it the percentage of the population that believes they are conscious.
It would be wise for technologists to pause and take this human reaction seriously.
This is spot on. The danger is not from the AI themselves. The danger is from people’s reactions to the AI’s.
I remember seeing a Boston Dynamics video years ago where they kicked their robot to test stability. The video was littered with comments sympathizing with the robot because it moves in a lifelike way, “Stop being so mean! You’re hurting it!”
The capability to imitate intelligence is only going to grow, and along with it the percentage of the population that believes they are conscious.
It would be wise for technologists to pause and take this human reaction seriously.