You're asserting correctness with no facts to offer of your own, just speculation and your own biased assumptions.
replyWhat if consolidating AI into a highly regulated cartel, with no chance of upstart competition ruining their position, is the scenario that leads to the worst possible outcome?
Worse than extinction?
replyThere are worse fates than extinction, for example living forever, for I have no mouth and I must scream
replyI dunno, being a Culture Mind sounds pretty damn good. Or even just a death-optional citizen in the Culture.
replyAgreed. Ellison’s path to that future went through AI.
replyThe cynicism is about motivations and not that they are inherently not bad. Perhaps they are as bad as they claim. Or perhaps they're worse. All we have a couple of run of the mill breach examples and some people inside the talking about how dangerous it is. Yes, they are far more qualified than I am (or most people here), and perhaps there is a grain of truth. It is the motivation - and it is always money with corporations.
replyIt is always money — but it isn’t always only money. They are not asking for anything that will prevent them from making money in the future, but they are asking for help stopping the runaway train they’re on. These are compatible requests.
replyAll the whistleblowers have said the alignment projects are underfunded. Surely they don't need external help to fund that? Could've done years ago?
reply"Don't you understand?! It's all a marketing exercise!" I yell as grey goo consumes me and my family.
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