Re:AI’s biggest risk isn’t ‘consciousness’–it’s the corporat...
by bo1024 on Saturday May 06, 2023 @01:08PM
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> it's incredibly important to reject the reframing of "AI safety" as anything other than the existential risk AGI poses to most of humanity
"AI safety" has been a term of art for many years and it doesn't refer to (only) that. Your post is the one reframing the term...see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_safety
Furthermore, I agree with Whittaker's point in the article, which is that arguments like yours have the effect of distracting from or papering over the real concrete harms of AI and technology, today, particularly on women and minorities and those who are both.
"AI safety" has been a term of art for many years and it doesn't refer to (only) that. Your post is the one reframing the term...see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_safety
Furthermore, I agree with Whittaker's point in the article, which is that arguments like yours have the effect of distracting from or papering over the real concrete harms of AI and technology, today, particularly on women and minorities and those who are both.