I worry about AI itself - not the companies developing it. Back when I started worrying about it 12 years ago, influenced by Stuart Russel and Nick Bostrom I was expecting it to take at least 50 years before we had AI that resembles what we have now, so suffice it to say that the fact that we’re here already doesn’t exactly ease my worry.
I’ve yet to hear a single convincing argument against the idea that even attempting to create something more intelligent than us is a really bad idea - very likely to be our last bad idea ever. Whether Mythos is actually as capable as Anthropic claims is beside the point for me. Even if it’s not, it’s only a matter of time until someone creates one that is.
Those worries are manufactured by the AI industry. You can’t just imagine a doomsday scenario and then shift the burden of proof onto people to disprove it.
Nick Bostrom is involved in some creepy child indoctrination stuff, along with known sex abuser and Rationality cult creator Eli Yudkowsky:
To give an example of how swiftly teenagers are recruited and rewarded for their participation in EA: one 17-year-old recounts how in the past year since they became involved in EA, they have gained some work experience at Bostrom’s FHI; an internship at EA organization Charity Entrepreneurship; attended the EA summer program called the European Summer Program on Rationality (ESPR)…
I worry about AI itself - not the companies developing it. Back when I started worrying about it 12 years ago, influenced by Stuart Russel and Nick Bostrom I was expecting it to take at least 50 years before we had AI that resembles what we have now, so suffice it to say that the fact that we’re here already doesn’t exactly ease my worry.
I’ve yet to hear a single convincing argument against the idea that even attempting to create something more intelligent than us is a really bad idea - very likely to be our last bad idea ever. Whether Mythos is actually as capable as Anthropic claims is beside the point for me. Even if it’s not, it’s only a matter of time until someone creates one that is.
Those worries are manufactured by the AI industry. You can’t just imagine a doomsday scenario and then shift the burden of proof onto people to disprove it.
Nick Bostrom is involved in some creepy child indoctrination stuff, along with known sex abuser and Rationality cult creator Eli Yudkowsky:
IIRC you were a Yudkowsky fan weren’t you?