Comment by abraae
5 days ago
> I don't think we can stop it, but I do think (hope) we can show people how to use it in a way where the good applications outweigh the bad.
That feels idealistic. About as realistic as telling people how to use semiconductors or petrochemicals for good instead of bad.
No-one knows where AI is going but one thing you can be sure of - the bad actors don't give two hoots what we think, and they will act in their own interests as always. And as we see from historical events, there are still many, many bad actors around. And when the bad actors do bad things with the technology, the good actors have no choice but to react.
The only way to fight bad actors using the technology is good actors using the technology.
You can write walls of texts about ethics and social failure. Bad actors won't care.
You can tell everyone that some technology is bad and everyone should stop using it. Some good people will listen to you and stop. Bad actors won't stop, and they will have technological edge.
You can ask politicians for regulation. However, your government might be a bad actor just as well (and recently we had a fine demonstration). They will not regulate in the interests of good people. They will regulate for what stakeholders want. Common people are never stakeholders.
If you want to stop bad actors doing bad things with AI: learn AI faster and figure out how to use AI to stop AI. This is the only way to fly.
> About as realistic as telling people how to use semiconductors or petrochemicals for good instead of bad.
Sounds better than nothing.