Comment by huitzitziltzin
10 hours ago
I did know about the mass shooting but failed to mention it here. I’d put it in the “unlikely to be a widespread problem” category. If we’re in the “one AI driven mass shooting every four years” world for example it’s fair to call it a rare issue.
The environmental impact seems either very overblown (e.g., water usage just isn’t that high) and the part that isn’t overblown is totally abatable (e.g., noise and emissions from gas generators). Nuclear or solar/renewables with batteries wouldn’t pollute.
I’ve seen no estimates of the additional deaths due to extra emissions specifically from power generation for AI purposes. If you have some, share them.
I’m willing to bet that they are a small rounding error against preventable deaths due to emissions from transport and non-AI-related power generation (which is an important and urgent issue worth spending a lot on, to be clear!). I’m happy to update that belief given evidence.
Ok, so what is the exact number of preventable deaths per year to build a silicon god you would be ok with?
Humans take risk adjusted decisions all the time, OP is still correct that LLM risk is FAR below all the ones we know and accept today.
Death by Cars, Cancer, Heart disease etc...
I don't disagree with your statement but you could insert other technological advancenents like railroads or metros or spacecraft in place of Ai here.