Effective altruism and the current funding situation

Re:Effective altruism and the current funding situation by heavyset_go on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @11:34PM (#31335578)

By neglected, they mean that, instead of dealing with real ethics of AI in practice and the future, they want others to instead entertain their fantasies about scary overlord general AI as if it's just around the corner and coming to get them. They're upset that people aren't as spooked about science fiction as they are.

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Re:Effective altruism and the current funding situation by sullyj3 on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @02:57AM (#31336656)

I think it's telling that the people most critical of AI alignment as cause for concern so rarely engage substantively with the very reasonable case for taking it seriously.

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Re:Effective altruism and the current funding situation by mattcwilson on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @08:34AM (#31338991)

I read GP trying to draw a distinction between “real ethics of AI in practice” and “fantasies about scary overlord general AI.”

The former sounds like it would be full of reasonable cases for taking it seriously.

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Re:Effective altruism and the current funding situation by bpodgursky on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @12:02AM (#31335711)

I know you don't appreciate now how poorly this comment will age, but I at least hope you remember to reflect back on it sometime.

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Re:Effective altruism and the current funding situation by heavyset_go on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @02:35AM (#31336510)

I'll have all the time in the world to reflect on it when the singularity happens, as I'm tortured infinitely by the Basilisk I called science fiction.

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