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Re:Silicon Valley’s Obsession with Killer Rogue AI Helps Bur... by ElfinTrousers on Thursday March 09, 2023 @10:42AM (#35082381)
> Would you rather we wait until AIs are actually posing a threat for us to study ways to align them with human values?

No, I would rather we wait until we are close enough to AI that we are talking about something concrete, rather than making wild speculations.

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Re:Silicon Valley’s Obsession with Killer Rogue AI Helps Bur... by JohnPrine on Thursday March 09, 2023 @11:51AM (#35083370)
Interesting. In your opinion, how should we decide when we're close enough that we're talking about something concrete?
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Re:Silicon Valley’s Obsession with Killer Rogue AI Helps Bur... by ElfinTrousers on Thursday March 09, 2023 @12:00PM (#35083496)
Please see second asterisked point above.
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Re:Silicon Valley’s Obsession with Killer Rogue AI Helps Bur... by JohnPrine on Thursday March 09, 2023 @12:14PM (#35083651)
You seem to agree that if at some point in the next few decades AI will be something we need to worry about, so I'm trying to figure out exactly what it is you oppose.

Would you have opposed research into renewable energy in the 1970s since global warming was still a few decades away from being something we needed to worry about?

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Re:Silicon Valley’s Obsession with Killer Rogue AI Helps Bur... by ElfinTrousers on Friday March 10, 2023 @08:50AM (#35094282)
> You seem to agree that if at some point in the next few decades AI will be something we need to worry about

If you think this than you have misunderstood me. Now go elsewhere and bother other people.

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Re:Silicon Valley’s Obsession with Killer Rogue AI Helps Bur... by JohnPrine on Friday March 10, 2023 @10:20AM (#35095415)
I'm not trying to bother you. I'm genuinely curious about what makes people oppose AI safety research.

What makes you sure it's not going to be a problem?

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Re:Silicon Valley’s Obsession with Killer Rogue AI Helps Bur... by ElfinTrousers on Friday March 10, 2023 @11:51AM (#35096986)
> I'm not trying to bother you.

Your intent is irrelevant.

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Re:Silicon Valley’s Obsession with Killer Rogue AI Helps Bur... by JohnPrine on Friday March 10, 2023 @12:25PM (#35097680)
Why are you bothered by a simple line of follow up questions about a belief you expressed publicly?
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