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Re:Note on the Relationship Between Artificial Intelligence ... by philipov on Thursday January 30, 2025 @11:11AM (#42879118)
The existential risk that AI poses is first and foremost the threat that it be centralized and controlled by a closed company like OpenAI, or a small oligopoly of such companies.
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Re:Note on the Relationship Between Artificial Intelligence ... by rashidae on Thursday January 30, 2025 @11:35AM (#42879395)
I don’t think centralization is the real threat. As James Currier [1] pointed out, AI will be commoditized through open-source and model convergence, making oligopoly control unlikely.

The real challenge is standardizing safety across open models and countering malignant AI use, especially amid demographic challenges like declining fertility.

[1] https://x.com/jamescurrier/status/1884057861514485803?s=46&t...

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Re:Note on the Relationship Between Artificial Intelligence ... by philipov on Thursday January 30, 2025 @09:54PM (#42884325)
What's the connection between malignant AI use and declining fertility?
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Re:Note on the Relationship Between Artificial Intelligence ... by rashidae on Friday January 31, 2025 @12:14AM (#42884889)
AI + VR will most probably create addictive, lifelike experiences that may affect real-world relationships. Like TikTok and Instagram algorithms, this could reduce the desire for intimacy and worsen declining fertility rates.
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Re:Note on the Relationship Between Artificial Intelligence ... by mitthrowaway2 on Thursday January 30, 2025 @12:31PM (#42879981)
That concern is your right to prioritize, but it lessens the term "existential risk" into a metaphor. The literal existential risk is the risk that AI destroys all humans in pursuit of goals that have nothing in common with human values.
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