Comment by bigmadshoe
2 days ago
It’s the same thing as always: with the wind of years of unlimited VC money in their sails, people at major AI organizations genuinely believe they’re smarter than everyone else. “Why do we need to do things ‘by the book’ if we’re so smart?”. “Move fast and break things” - except the thing they’re breaking is society.
We saw this with the non-stop flagrant messaging about how “AI is going to kill X% of all jobs”, as if saying the quiet part out loud wouldn’t have consequences worth considering. These people believe they’re omnipotent and thus untouchable.
No, they believe what they are doing is inevitable. They do live in a bubble though. Witness their idealism in believing that warning about the consequences of their actions would be well-received.
I don’t think it’s morally consistent to “warn” about the consequences while devoting your life to bringing about those consequences as quickly as possible. If I was in that position of power and truly believed what I was saying, I would devote my work to slowing down that process to give time for society to adapt, not speeding it up.
It’s more reminiscent of a religious group who smugly tells you that the end-times are coming, and only they are going to be saved. Except in this case they are literally bringing about the end-times.
Well-received by whom? They appear to have nothing but contempt for the opinions of normal working people.