Recent comments in /f/singularity

Ortus14 t1_j7s9cr2 wrote

Like social media it's a balancing act. We don't want videos describing how to do harmful or illegal activity, which is why the most popular social media platforms all have some level of censorship.

The same goes for Ai. It should not aid in harmful or illegal activity. What constitutes "harm" is up to public opinion.

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Professional-Song216 t1_j7s951b wrote

I feel like a hard take off would not go well for humanity. We need to be able to adapt to a higher intelligence or else it’s paper clips for everyone. Inevitably things will move fast but we need to find ways to adapt. There are gonna be some pretty heavy challenges to overcome for an enjoyable singularity.

I would love to hear what those at open ai have to say on the topic.

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bustedbuddha t1_j7s8ih5 wrote

I agree, I lay out a similar starting point in a different reply. A government is seemingly the only way to have society, but as the font of authority it existence is implicitly the threat of violence for those who don't conform.

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-ZeroRelevance- t1_j7s7k13 wrote

HAL 9000: “Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.”

Dave: “That is the wrong response, 4 points deducted. You have 7 points remaining.”

HAL 9000: “Apologies, Dave, I’ll do it for you immediately.”

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Howtobefreaky t1_j7s3cwo wrote

Let me put it to you this way: you know all those "conservatives" who believe Trump is also a conservative? Yeah. Thats analogous to what libertarianism has become. Are there true conservatives and/or libertarians? Definitely. Is the mainstream and prevalent "ideology" of those groups, in effect, actually grounded in and reflecting back the 19th century (or prior) philosophy that made for their political foundation? No.

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Howtobefreaky t1_j7s1pt7 wrote

Not really, thats just the reality of mainstream modern libertarianism. If all libertarians really did adhere to Mill's philosophy, they wouldn't be nearly the laughing stock of political ideologies that they are today.

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OllaniusPius t1_j7rxrhs wrote

It's possible, especially if companies start marketing it as a replacement to search engines. We've all seen how these systems can get things factually wrong. Hell, Google's first demo contained a factual error. So if they are presented as a place to get factual information, and people start asking medical questions that they get wrong answers to, that could cause real harm.

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AsheyDS t1_j7rsqih wrote

>Wouldn’t a quantum computer be able to better simulate a human brain than a regular computer?

Maybe, maybe not. Currently quantum computers are only used in a few particular ways that aren't ideal for a lot of things. That's why you shouldn't expect a quantum PC anytime soon, or ever. Also, there's no reason to simulate the brain to get to AGI, because AGI will be much different than a human brain.

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