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Comment by jamesmcq

15 hours ago

So AI systems are not reliable enough to power fully autonomous weapons but they are reliable enough to end all white-collar work in the next 12 months?

Odd.

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serf  15 hours ago

do you really need to be told there is a difference in 'magnitude of importance' between the decision to send out an office memo and the decision to strike a building with ordinance?

a lot of white collar jobs see no decision more important than a few hours of revenue. that's the difference: you can afford to fuck up in that environment.

  • remarkEon  9 hours ago

    I know what point you are trying to make, but these decisions are functionally equivalent.

    Striking a building with ordinance (indirect fires, dropped from fixed wing, doesn't really matter) involves some discernment about utility, secondary effects, probability of accomplishing a given goal, and so on. Writing an office memo (a good one at least) involves the same kind of analysis. I know your point is that "people will die" when you blow up a building, but the parameters are really quite similar.

    • ImPostingOnHN  1 hour ago

      > these decisions are functionally equivalent

      > I know your point is that "people will die" when you blow up a building, but the parameters are really quite similar

      The parameters are similar, but the effects are different. That's what makes the decision not functionally equivalent. A functionally equivalent decision would have the same functional result.

      To put a point on it: we are allowed to, and indeed should, consider the effects of a decision when making it.

  • jamesmcq  15 hours ago

    They’re not saying “AI can replace some menial white collar tasks”, they’re saying AI can replace all white-collar work.

    Yes, if you fuck up some white collar work, people will die. It’s irresponsible.

    • NewsaHackO  15 hours ago

      >Yes, if you fuck up some white collar work, people will die. It’s irresponsible.

      A lot of the work in those sectors are not the ones that are being targeted for fully autonomous replacement. They likely would be in the future though.