Comment by lunar_mycroft
10 hours ago
At this point, I find myself hoping for a AI triggered mass casualty event that's not at a civilization destroying level, because that seems like the only thing that might actually stop these people from driving our entire species off a cliff before it's too late (edit: besides running into some natural obstetrical that stops them from developing a powerful enough model).
There are a lot of hyperbolic comments of this sort in this thread. Has this topic selected for people who hold these views or is ai fear growing?
I think maybe the bubble of software engineers on this site who use AI to code for them don't see how other people, who's jobs don't rely on AI, view the actions of these companies as reckless, at best, and often crossing into actively harmful.
1. Ironically enough, I (GP) am a software developer.
2. How exactly do our jobs depend on a thing which has been around for far less time?
It’s not hyperbolic if you’ve paid attention to the details and development of those security incidents, and the inability for that industry to regulate itself
It’s happening on X as well, all the e/acc foomers are getting nervous.
In my understanding, "e/acc" usually means "full speed ahead, humans aren't the optimal species anyway" for whatever bizarre definition of "optimal" they use, so my model predicts that they would welcome this development. Could you confirm if that's what you meant?
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