ElvinRath t1_j4ap0wv wrote on January 14, 2023 at 10:13 AM

Reply to comment by Magicdinmyasshole in Made a sub for brainstorming about ways to address impeding psychological fallout from the realization that the singularity or somthing like it is probably going to happen in our lifetime. by Magicdinmyasshole

Well, I might be biased by my own thinking about it but I really can't see the drama in that.

What's the matter with being a biological computer? You are still you.

I could understand people getting crazy if we were a simulation or something, as basicaly we woudn't be us, really, but just a little part of a bigger computer program.

But as long as I'm individualy me, I just have to deal with whatever comes as best as I can.

Being a biological computer or being a flesh miracle with a soul, well...That's just definitions. Reality doesn't change just because we get a very very very fancy AI god tool to makes our life better.

[deleted] t1_j4ap1ek wrote on January 14, 2023 at 10:13 AM

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Magicdinmyasshole OP t1_j4b7vn4 wrote on January 14, 2023 at 1:51 PM

Imagine a prompt with GPT-x: Be my friend ElvinRath. I'll tell you 10 things about him or feed you some things he's written and you'll try to predict some thoughts he might plausibly have on a given topic.

Now imagine the output is more or less how you might speak and even a decent run at how you think. Of course it can't be exact, but whatever it is, it's more intelligent and well-reasoned than anything you can create. Maybe you're a drunk and the family stops inviting you to dinner, but they still love you and train their AI assistant to talk like you. Eventually, what are you good for? Are "you" even a thing when someone else can create a convincing copy?

Just one silly example. Ultimately, some people who interact with technology like this will see only its promise. Others will get caught up in negativity and need some help.

ElvinRath t1_j4bc2v2 wrote on January 14, 2023 at 2:25 PM

Well, I would still be the best at being me, and no AI will ever do that better.

What it can do is fullfill my roles better than me. I totally expect AI to eventually do that. (And maybe future humans will have low if any human interaction.... That might be a serious problem, but it's for future humans more than for humans living the transition)

But yeah, I'm not the fulfillment of my roles. I am my own consciousness and no other existence can take it away from me.

If you are talking about people feeling empty because they might feel they have no porpuse... Yeah, that might happend. But that already happends. A lot of people already feel that about their jobs, because they find not meaning on their job and they also have troubles with their social live and don't find meaning there.

Can AI doing their jobs extend that to other people? Sure. But that's not a problem that comes with singularity, it comes with automation and doesn't require the singularity.

Also, probably the problems appears in that moment, but there was already a problem. I don't think that most people should find meaning on their jobs. I mean, in some cases it makes sense: If you are doing what you want and are changing the world to your liking, nice.

But if you work to pay the bills, your work should not be what gives meaning to your live...

Magicdinmyasshole OP t1_j4beoaw wrote on January 14, 2023 at 2:45 PM

Yeah I agree with all of this and think it would be helpful to offer people perspective in a similar manner. I'm personally comforted by the fact that some unknown of the universe will remain unknown, even to advanced AI. In that space there is room for existing gods and religions, and I think that will make people feel better.