> But the A.I. hype is out of hand. "A.I. Safety" research is the worst of it, as it suggests this technology is so powerful that it's actually dangerous.
It boggles my mind how anyone can think otherwise. Existential dangers of superintelligent or even non-intelligent AI are the long-term result of the dangers of AI being developed and misused over time for human ends.
It's the exact same argument behind why we should be trying to track asteroids, or why we should be trying to tackle climate change: the worst-case scenario is unlikely or in the future, but the path we're on has numerous dangers where suffering and loss of human life is virtually certain unless something is done.
It boggles my mind how anyone can think otherwise. Existential dangers of superintelligent or even non-intelligent AI are the long-term result of the dangers of AI being developed and misused over time for human ends.
It's the exact same argument behind why we should be trying to track asteroids, or why we should be trying to tackle climate change: the worst-case scenario is unlikely or in the future, but the path we're on has numerous dangers where suffering and loss of human life is virtually certain unless something is done.