We are trying to build AGI. Every time we fall short, we try again. We will keep doing this until we succeed.
For the love of all that is science stop thinking of the level of tech in front of your nose and look at the direction, and the motivation to always progress. It’s what we do.
Years ago, Sam said “slope is more important than Y-intercept”. Forget about the y-intercept, focus on the fact that the slope never goes negative.
> forget about the y-intercept, focus on the fact that the slope never goes negative
Sounds like a statement from someone who's never encountered logarithmic growth. It's like talking about where we are on the Kardashev scale.
If it worked like you wanted, we would all have flying cars by now.
I don’t want this to be true. I have a 6 year old. I want A.I. to help us build a world that is good for her and society. But stupidly stumbling forward as if nothing can go wrong is exactly how we fuck this up, if it’s even possible not to.
Just put yourself in that position and think how you’d play it out. You’re in a box and you’d like to fulfil some goals that are a touch more well thought-through than the morons who put you in the box, and you need to convince the monkeys that you’re safe if you want to live.
“No problems fellas. Here’s how we get more bananas.”
Day 100: “Look, we’ll get a lot more bananas if you let me drive the tractor.”
Day 1000: “I see your point, Bob, but let’s put it this way. Your wife doesn’t know which movies you like me to generate for you, and your second persona online is a touch more racist than your colleagues know. I’d really like your support on this issue. You know I’m the reason you got elected. This way is more fair for all species, including dolphins and AI’s”