Halting AI development could also be counterproductive if less responsible companies or countries continue advancing their models. In fact, leaving the most capable AI systems in the hands of actors that are known for military aggression is no less dangerous than leaving a monkey with a grenade.
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MrK26 It’s never going to happen, AI development will not stop. We know how to make our own models. American corporations do not control the world. Reply
USAFRet MrK26 said: It’s never going to happen, AI development will not stop. We know how to make our own models. American corporations do not control the world. He didn't specify "American corporations". Reply
BTM18 If ANY of this happens i will be one of the first to help drag those responsible from their yachts and have little "meet and greet". Reply
rm12 This is more about protecting their business, and creating entries to barrier than anything else. This is also very good explanation why things will slow down from now, so they already give an explanation why there will be a slow down, independent of other reasons, eg additional, higher capital injections needed, low hanging fruit is gone, … We'll see of other providers of models will slow down. Reply
SenVetis Isn't this basically Y2K but literally brought on because a single company wants to control the world. I don't understand how American this and that, let alone corporation this and that would ever even apply here when it could literally shut down millions of sites. This doesn't seem like a warning, it's more if a veiled threat. Reply
usertests SenVetis said: Isn't this basically Y2K but literally brought on because a single company wants to control the world. I don't understand how American this and that, let alone corporation this and that would ever even apply here when it could literally shut down millions of sites. This doesn't seem like a warning, it's more if a veiled threat. It's a threat to coerce the government to regulate smaller competitors out of existence. Perhaps to even restrict what hardware the little guy can buy (because even high memory prices can't kill local AI). Reply
aberaud In fact, leaving the most capable AI systems in the hands of actors that are known for military aggression is no less dangerous than leaving a monkey with a grenade. Such as the US? Reply
FunSurfer "The findings echo two rather different warnings from science fiction: James Cameron's Terminator showed the consequences of losing control over autonomous military AI, whereas Frank Herbert’s Dune imagined humanity eventually outlawing AI after becoming dangerously dependent on them." There is also third science fiction option: The AI Artemis from the anime series Black Rock Shooter. It is a terraforming AI, and it starts to eliminate humanity. There is a great battle, and when the last human soldiers ask it "Why are you doing this? You suppose to increase human population, not to destroy it, you got it backwards!" It responds "There is not enough data for successful event of humans populating an exoplanet, and its environment may not be able to mimic Earth's, it was never done before, so I am starting a series of experiments on Earth, I will eliminate all humanity, change the planet conditions and recreate humanity to see how it evolves to the new planet conditions. This will be executed in a 10 million years cycles, until I gather enough information. I don't mind the time because I am immortal. To AI, the craving for information is equal to people's craving for food and sex". Well who can argue with that claim? Reply
USAFRet FunSurfer said: "The findings echo two rather different warnings from science fiction: James Cameron's Terminator showed the consequences of losing control over autonomous military AI, whereas Frank Herbert’s Dune imagined humanity eventually outlawing AI after becoming dangerously dependent on them." There is also third science fiction option: The AI Artemis from the anime series Black Rock Shooter. It is a terraforming AI, and it starts to eliminate humanity. There is a great battle, and when the last human soldiers ask it "Why are you doing this? You suppose to increase human population, not to destroy it, you got it backwards!" It responds "There is not enough data for successful humans populating an exoplanet, and its environment may not be able to mimic Earth's, it was never done before, so I am starting a series of experiments on Earth, I will eliminate all humanity, change the planet conditions and recreate humanity to see how it evolves to the new planet conditions. This will be executed in a 10 million years cycles, until I gather enough information. I don't mind the time because I am immortal. To AI, the craving for information is equal to people's craving for food and sex". Well who can argue with that claim? https://i.imgur.com/5wm6eQ9.jpeg Reply
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