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Can you share what makes you so optimistic?

The maths result is cool on one hand (discovering truths of the universe faster), but on the other there are so many bad outcomes that seem likely, from power concentration to loss of control.

by nl12 hours ago|

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There are bad outcomes possible in everything.

I think AI - like all changes - will lead to some bad things. The internet did too!

But I don't think AI will kill us all.

Interestingly I'd note that the two outcomes you listed (power concentration and loss of control) are dimensionally opposites!

For me this just shows that the future contains such a vast array of possible outcomes that focus on the negatives completely missed the positive outcomes that future also holds.

by mahogany7 hours ago|

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The internet did not lead to a rapid diminishing of human economic value across the economy. Whether AI will kill us all is a distraction. Think more practically. Think about the future of economic value given a scenario where AI is capable of everything a human can do. Our entire society is built around economic value. Our individual survival and wellbeing is based on it. What happens when you are not needed by those who hold the resources?

by pixl9711 hours ago|

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This is like saying I don't need safety systems in a car because they can let me go to the grocery store faster.

We focus on stopping bad things because people and systems that don't prevent bad things tend to stop existing. A million good things can happen yet be rendered permanently in vain if one bad terrible thing occurs.

by nl9 hours ago|

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No, I'm not arguing that at all.

I think we should stop the bad things.

We don't stop building cars because there are crashes, we build better safety systems.

I'm against the doomer narrative ("AI will kill us all") not against a clear eyed approach to making safe systems.