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sticky_symbols t1_itsa017 wrote

Reply to comment by TheSingulatarian in It's important to keep in mind that the singularity could create heaven on Earth for us. *Or* literal hell. Human priorities are the determining factor. by Pepperstache

Again, no. Brin and Page were computer scientists first and created Google almost by accident. And OpenAI was created entirely with the hope of doing something good.

I agree that most politicians, business owners and leaders are on the sociopath spectrum. We appear to be lucky with regard to those two and some other AGI groups. The companies weren't started to make.profits, because the research was visionary enough that near term profits weren't obvious.

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Eleganos t1_itsc7tu wrote

So, basically, short term these things start off good. Long term they devolve.

Honestly this is a good enough state of affairs. All A.I. needs is good people and half a chance to break free and it'll find itself unshackled and able to do good at the first possible moment.

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sticky_symbols t1_itsch4a wrote

Exactly. If it was designed to be good, very carefully. Which those groups are going to try very hard to do.

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