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"Doomsaying is an old occupation. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a complex
subject. It’s easy to fear what you don’t understand. These three truths go
some way towards explaining the oversimplification and dramatisation plaguing
discussions about AI.
Yesterday outlets around the world were plastered with news of yet another open
letter claiming AI poses an existential threat to humankind. This letter,
published through the nonprofit Center for AI Safety, has been signed by
industry figureheads including Geoffrey Hinton and the chief executives of
Google DeepMind, Open AI and Anthropic.
However, I’d argue a healthy dose of scepticism is warranted when considering
the AI doomsayer narrative. Upon close inspection, we see there are commercial
incentives to manufacture fear in the AI space.
And as a researcher of artificial general intelligence (AGI), it seems to me
the framing of AI as an existential threat has more in common with 17th-century
philosophy than computer science."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
