The problem though is that this is pure idealism on the part of the scientists. There’s no way anything approaching AGI can be kept under wraps by some scientists no matter how benevolent they consider themselves. And given our current economic structure once that cat is out of the bag it’ll be hell for the rest of us.
I’ve seen a lot of talk on the orange site about AI doomerism. I’m not doomer about AI I’m doomer about our society being the wrong structure to handle it.
The problem though is that this is pure idealism on the part of the scientists. There’s no way anything approaching AGI can be kept under wraps by some scientists no matter how benevolent they consider themselves. And given our current economic structure once that cat is out of the bag it’ll be hell for the rest of us.
I’ve seen a lot of talk on the orange site about AI doomerism. I’m not doomer about AI I’m doomer about our society being the wrong structure to handle it.