Re:After OpenAI's blowup, it seems pretty clear that 'AI saf...
by arbitrandomuser on Friday November 24, 2023 @11:31PM
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Few really talk about the third and most important and relevant immediate concern that AI will enable concentration of power in the hands of a few,
Sure for most of history it's always been like that, but to quote Monty python "supreme executive power comes from the mandate of the masses " . You could get autocratic but at some point you always had to please the people below you and them below them and so on . There are "rules for rulers" as this cgp grey video explains.
Caeser needed the support of his legionaries, Hitler needed the Germans to believe in him ,
Over the years this dynamic has changed and oligarchies require less "support of the people" from mechanization and automation.
AI is only going to accelerate this much more drastically.
Sure for most of history it's always been like that, but to quote Monty python "supreme executive power comes from the mandate of the masses " . You could get autocratic but at some point you always had to please the people below you and them below them and so on . There are "rules for rulers" as this cgp grey video explains.
https://youtu.be/rStL7niR7gs
Caeser needed the support of his legionaries, Hitler needed the Germans to believe in him ,
Over the years this dynamic has changed and oligarchies require less "support of the people" from mechanization and automation. AI is only going to accelerate this much more drastically.