Re:The bigger-is-better approach to AI is running out of road
by ilaksh on Sunday June 25, 2023 @07:19AM
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Not sure you read my comment carefully enough. I am an optimist. I do believe that AI can and probably will be a positive and transformative force.
But I also think it's more anticipatory than speculative to envision AI systems (quite possibly on the request of a human faction) taking control.
And GPT-4 absolutely does do abstract reasoning and subgoals. No it doesn't have many other capabilities or characteristics of humans or other animals but as I said it doesn't need those to be dangerous.
We need to prohibit manufacture or design AI hardware that has performance beyond a certain level. It is not too early to start talking about a risk that could end humanity. I do hope that we can get away with something a few orders of magnitude better than what we have today, but it's really of asking for trouble the more we optimize it, and we may be walking a fine line within a decade or so. Or less. It takes years to design hardware and get manufacturing online, especially for new approaches.
And two orders of magnitude faster may be only a few years away.
But I also think it's more anticipatory than speculative to envision AI systems (quite possibly on the request of a human faction) taking control.
And GPT-4 absolutely does do abstract reasoning and subgoals. No it doesn't have many other capabilities or characteristics of humans or other animals but as I said it doesn't need those to be dangerous.
We need to prohibit manufacture or design AI hardware that has performance beyond a certain level. It is not too early to start talking about a risk that could end humanity. I do hope that we can get away with something a few orders of magnitude better than what we have today, but it's really of asking for trouble the more we optimize it, and we may be walking a fine line within a decade or so. Or less. It takes years to design hardware and get manufacturing online, especially for new approaches.
And two orders of magnitude faster may be only a few years away.