The Contradictions of Sam Altman, AI Crusader

Re:The Contradictions of Sam Altman, AI Crusader by clarkmoody on Saturday April 01, 2023 @04:35PM (#35403822)

The third way is to build AI technology that empowers the individual against state and corporate power alike. Democracy got us here. It cannot get us out.

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Re:The Contradictions of Sam Altman, AI Crusader by YawningAngel on Saturday April 01, 2023 @04:56PM (#35403980)

Given that we don't have such AI technology at present, would it not be prudent for us to assume that it may not be available imminently and plan for how we can address the problem without it?

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Re:The Contradictions of Sam Altman, AI Crusader by Quekid5 on Saturday April 01, 2023 @05:04PM (#35404045)

Who do you imagine has the majority of compute power?

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Re:The Contradictions of Sam Altman, AI Crusader by joe_the_user on Saturday April 01, 2023 @05:15PM (#35404141)

The third way is to build AI technology that empowers the individual against state and corporate power alike

Ha, I'm OK with that as long as I get to pick the individual!

I mean, an AGI under the control of some individual could indeed make them more powerful than a corporation or even a state but whether increases average individual freedom is another question.

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Re:The Contradictions of Sam Altman, AI Crusader by smoldesu on Saturday April 01, 2023 @05:23PM (#35404220)

So long as you buy your inferencing hardware from another private party, I'd wager you're helpless against both state and corporate power.

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Re:The Contradictions of Sam Altman, AI Crusader by maxbond on Saturday April 01, 2023 @05:35PM (#35404324)

That's not a stable equilibrium. Blogs gave individuals asymmetric control over disseminating information - it didn't last. If you don't create institutions and power structures that cement and defend some ability of individuals, it will decay as that power is usurped by whatever institutions and power structures benefit from doing so.

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Re:The Contradictions of Sam Altman, AI Crusader by rhcom2 on Saturday April 01, 2023 @05:42PM (#35404390)

> AI technology that empowers the individual against state and corporate power alike

What does this even mean though? Seems like hand waving that "AI" is just going to fix everything.

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Re:The Contradictions of Sam Altman, AI Crusader by bredren on Saturday April 01, 2023 @06:03PM (#35404573)

It’s much easier to imagine progressed applications powered by recent AI that would provide outsized civic weaponry.

Identification of unusual circumstances or anomalous public records seem ripe.

But more straight forward and customized advice on how to proceed on any front—super wikihow—makes anyone more powerful.

Today, complicated solutions can sometimes to require extensive deep research and distillation of material.

So much so that DIY folks can seem like wizards to those who only know of turn key solutions and answers.

At the risk of causing a draft from further hand waving: a bigger tent can mean a higher likelihood of a special person or group of folks emerging.

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Re:The Contradictions of Sam Altman, AI Crusader by austhrow743 on Saturday April 01, 2023 @09:54PM (#35406316)

Sam Altman using AI to Iron Man himself.

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Re:The Contradictions of Sam Altman, AI Crusader by felix318 on Saturday April 01, 2023 @06:13PM (#35404657)

Such techno-utopianism... political power belongs to people who control the guns. There is no way around it.

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Re:The Contradictions of Sam Altman, AI Crusader by amelius on Saturday April 01, 2023 @08:33PM (#35405761)

No, the power belongs to those with the most powerful video card.

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Re:The Contradictions of Sam Altman, AI Crusader by paxys on Saturday April 01, 2023 @08:52PM (#35405895)

AI tools are built and controlled by corporations with a profit motive. The aren't empowering anyone.

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