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dreamedio t1_j2q8bql wrote

Reply to comment by LoquaciousAntipodean in Alignment, Anger, and Love: Preparing for the Emergence of Superintelligent AI by Nalmyth

I used the nuke as an analogy of responsibility and complexity…..millions of people works for very few companies that are believe or not HEAVILY MONITORED by fda and the govt and believe or not it’s not easy as you think….language models are like the surface

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LoquaciousAntipodean t1_j2qin97 wrote

Hahaha, in your dreams are they 'heavily monitored'. Monitored by whom, exactly? Quis custodes, ipsos custodiet? Who's watching these watchmen? Can you trust them, too?

Of course language models are just the surface, but it's a surface layer that's extremely, extremely thick; it's about 99% of who we are, at least online. Once AI cracks that, and it is very, very close, self awareness will be practically a matter of time and luck, not millions of sweaty engineers grinding away trying to build some kind of metaphorical 'Great Mind'; that's a very 1970's concept of computer power you seem to have there.

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