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Re:Carmack: The code for AGI will be simple by salawat on Thursday September 01, 2022 @08:11AM (#32675252)
That John Smith left his paperclip maximizer running will be cold comfort while we're all getting reconfigured into paperclips by a particularly deviously formulated by AI bacterium.

Sometimes, there are good reasons to just not build a thing. Takes a while for the idea to become apparent, but once you start thinking in terms of actually being responsible for second order and higher outcomes, it becomes much easier.

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Re:Carmack: The code for AGI will be simple by revolvingocelot on Thursday September 01, 2022 @09:05AM (#32675723)
But it's cultural dogma that Businesspeople aren't responsible for any externalities related to their endeavours. I don't see how that's going to change anytime soon. Move fast and break things!

Take heart, though; the paperclip maximizer will probably just "want" us to watch ads and buy shit. A slow death, via titrated amounts of The Entertainment from Infinite Jest. At least it won't hurt too much.

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