Re:“Computers enable fantasies” – the continued relevance of...
by walleeee on Friday January 27, 2023 @11:09AM
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> technology does not drive history, people drive history
this reflects a failure to grasp the changing nature of agency in a world brimming with hybrid intelligence
we would perhaps like to think we and we alone "drive" history, and I agree with the author that we ought to try to do so, but technology carries its own inertia and shapes human activity in profound ways
AGI exists, it just has humans in the loop. paperclip maximizers exist, they're made of people and code. we are steered daily by alien incentive structures, which accrete as we interact with our implements and artifacts.
technology carves ruts in the mind and in the world, not to mention the burgeoning agency we continue to donate to it directly
this reflects a failure to grasp the changing nature of agency in a world brimming with hybrid intelligence
we would perhaps like to think we and we alone "drive" history, and I agree with the author that we ought to try to do so, but technology carries its own inertia and shapes human activity in profound ways
AGI exists, it just has humans in the loop. paperclip maximizers exist, they're made of people and code. we are steered daily by alien incentive structures, which accrete as we interact with our implements and artifacts.
technology carves ruts in the mind and in the world, not to mention the burgeoning agency we continue to donate to it directly