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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by Al-Khwarizmi on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @03:16AM (#38376446)
No, in general AI safety/AI alignment ("we should prevent AI from nuking us") people are different from AI ethics ("we should prevent AI from being racist/sexist/etc.") people. There can of course be some overlap, but in most cases they oppose each other. For example Bender or Gebru are strong advocates of the AI ethics camp and they don't believe in any threat of AI doom at al.

If you Google for AI safety vs. AI ethics, or AI alignment vs. AI ethics, you can see both camps.

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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by hef19898 on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @03:27AM (#38376533)
The safety aspect of AI ethics is much more pressing so. We see how devicive social media can be, imagine that turbo charged by AI, and we as a society haven't even figured out social media yet...

ChatGPT turning into Skynet and nuking us all is a much more remote problem.

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