Comment by thatguy0900
7 days ago
It doesn't matter what should or should not happen. Technology will continue to race forward at breakneck speed while everyone involved pats each other on the back for making a bunch of money before the consequences hit
The Iranian nuclear program disagrees. There could be treaties and the analogue of the IAEA for "AI".
technology doesn't just advance itself
No, but one thing is certain, in large human systems you can only redirect greed, you can't stop it.
This is true. We have a choice...in principle.
But in practice, it's like stopping an arms race.
Which arms race? The nuclear arms race of the Cold War? That one got stopped.
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If the incentive is there, the technology will advance. I hear "we need to slow down the progress of technology", but that's misunderstanding _why_ it progresses. I'm assuming the slow down camp really need to look into what's the incentive to slow down.
Personally I don't think it's possible at this stage. The cat's out of the bag (this new class of tools are working) the economic incentive is way too strong.