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Re:Big tech has distracted world from existential risk of AI... by blackeyeblitzar on Saturday May 25, 2024 @09:11AM (#40474848)
IMO the biggest risk is that big tech will be the only ones allowed to do AI in a future regulatory regime, leaving smaller players out of the wealth making opportunity, and leaving society with a low diversity of options. And that regulatory capture is enabled ironically by people like Tegmark, who are pushing for restricting everyone with bureaucratic nightmares.
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Re:Big tech has distracted world from existential risk of AI... by alephnerd on Saturday May 25, 2024 @09:28AM (#40474955)
It's part of the whole EA schtick (FLI is in that space w/ their funding from the Center of Existential Risk).

I always found those guys annoying - they adopted sci-fi tropes while ignoring decades of data driven work on how to minimize misuse of technology.

It's like a postmodern version of Herman Kahn - overusing data driven models while ignoring the variability that arises from humanity.

Edit: also this article is a submarine piece from the AI Safety Summit in Seoul that was cohosted by the UK and SK, and was a flop [0]

[0] - https://www.reuters.com/technology/second-global-ai-safety-s...

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