If AI scaling is to be shut down, let it be for a coherent reason

Re:If AI scaling is to be shut down, let it be for a coheren... by lukifer on Friday March 31, 2023 @01:13PM (#35390051)

To calibrate: Yudkowsky didn't sign because he feels a temporary moratorium doesn't go far enough, and he published a piece in Time [0] with a stance that a shooting war to enforce a ban on AI training would be justified, to prevent the extinction of the human race.

I'm not convinced that he's wrong.

[0] https://time.com/6266923/ai-eliezer-yudkowsky-open-letter-no...

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Re:If AI scaling is to be shut down, let it be for a coheren... by Zuiii on Friday March 31, 2023 @01:36PM (#35390356)

The US is not in any position to start a shooting war with anyone that has the ability to push this field forward and come out of it intact. AI training will continue and Yudkowsky will be proven wrong.

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Re:If AI scaling is to be shut down, let it be for a coheren... by mojoe on Friday March 31, 2023 @01:38PM (#35390392)

what a weird modern version of religious war

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Re:If AI scaling is to be shut down, let it be for a coheren... by _-____-_ on Friday March 31, 2023 @06:43PM (#35394763)

Is my assumption correct that Yudkowsky is unmarried with no kids? If so, I wonder how this shapes his pessimism on the subject. Perhaps it's more exciting to be an alarmist about the future when you've only got a few decades left on this planet and with no legacy in place to leave behind.

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Re:If AI scaling is to be shut down, let it be for a coheren... by lukifer on Monday April 03, 2023 @05:27PM (#35431528)

Quite the opposite. FTA:

> When the insider conversation is about the grief of seeing your daughter lose her first tooth, and thinking she's not going to get a chance to grow up, I believe we are past the point of playing political chess about a six-month moratorium.

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