• dont_tread_on_me_@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    And what about the academics making similar claims? Also Sam Altman and others didn’t just suddenly start believing in AI risk. He’s been talking publicly about it for a decade

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        1 year ago

        Good to know. But there are many dissenting voices, even in the academic space. Should we not take them seriously?

        Also I think it’s crazy for some to claim there’s no risk of AI catastrophe. A risk does not imply a certainty, it’s only a probability. Are you willing to claim there’s a 0% chance of a possible future AI system wreaking havoc? Either by some misalignment or through a bad actor. I think that’s a VERY strong claim to make. Especially when leading experts (Stuart Russel, Hinton, …) think the risk is considerably higher. Maybe some amount of hesitation here is wise, no?