Re:Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter
by jasonm23 on Thursday March 30, 2023 @01:46AM
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Addendum to your comment: Seatbelts are also a horrible idea.
Re:Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter
by bambax on Thursday March 30, 2023 @03:29AM
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> sadly, most people don’t seem capable of entertaining themselves without work
What are you basing this on? People are very happy in retirement; some may long their former life but in my experience they're not the majority. And an important part of working age people in most countries are in effect not working and doing fine (and not even counted as "unemployed", as one has to be actively looking for work to be counted).
The view that work is needed to keep people from becoming alcoholics or outlaws is patronizing.
Re:Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter
by wood-porch on Thursday March 30, 2023 @05:06AM
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Yet it’s true, from my experience being unemployed but still being financially stable. Work provides a lot of purpose and fulfillment that isn’t so easily replaced, although definitely not impossible. A suitable replacement often looks like work, just perhaps not paid
I am definitely more concerned about the redistribution and the bloody revolution that will happen if only a few own it all. This seems now feasible in my lifetime while I always thought I would be nice and dead by then. Rip off the bandaid though; no pause on AI, let’s go and see how far we can go.