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comment by Richard_Kennaway · 2024-06-22T08:45:39.899Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I cannot tell from this what you mean by the word “bias”. If I replaced it by an explicit hole like “flobzerg”, I would not be able to tell from the context what it could possibly be. That we have preferences and act on them? That different people have different preferences? That different actions are possible in the same circumstances? No, “bias” has to do with systematically faulty cognition, but I am not seeing that in your examples.

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comment by Anders Lindström (anders-lindstroem) · 2024-06-22T11:11:29.080Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

What you say in your post is common sense. Unfortunately there is no room for common sense questions in the race for AGI/ASI. From what people in the industry say about their own future predictions, AGI/ASI seems potentially VERY dangerous. However, we can not stop for a second and think/talk about it.

Where I think the biggest misalignment is right now, is not the AI models vs Humans. GPT, Claude, Gemini et al. are all very well aligned with humans. What is NOT aligned at all with humans are the AI companies plans for the future. 

At least in western countries, minute details of civil laws or tax code with a p(doom)<0.00000000000000000001 can be publicly debated for years before they are implemented. But with a technology that by AI insiders have been predicted to have a p(doom)>0.05, we (the people) should just accept that risk and be quiet, because we are too stupid to understand that all deaths are not equal...

Are there any alternatives to AGI/ASI for solving big problems. Here is a quiz:

Cure cancer?
A) AGI/ASI
B) Stopping eating ultra processed food

End world hunger?
A) AGI/ASI
B) Redistribution of food

Stop (human influenced) climate change?
A) AGI/ASI
B) Stop buying every little thing you see on Alibaba and Amazon

Stop microplastic pollution of the oceans?
A) AGI/ASI
B) Stop buying every little thing you see on Alibaba and Amazon