Comment by bamboozled
12 hours ago
I find it hard to take Geoffrey seriously too because he creates a technology and then runs around telling us we're all going to die from it.
It's the definition of stupidity. Create something, and then live in pure anxiety about the creation. It doesn't mean his wrong, but it seems like a really stupid thing to have done.
He quit google so that he could speak openly about this topic. He explained in interview how he even got into google before - sold his company to google because he has adult kid that is handicapped and he is the only provider and be in this life forever - a fair choice IMHO.
AFAIK he didn't expect this will develop that fast. The biggest issue is not that technology is dangerous but that we develop it a break-the-neck speed.
Like leaded gas inventors look at the problem right in front of them, and then later come to realize its full side effects.
We talk about human intelligence a lot, but we don't talk about human stupidity near enough.
In a prisoner's dilemma scenario like the current AI arms race, a negative expected value play can be correct if it's less negative than the alternatives. Essentially, "if I build AI it will probably kill everybody, but if I don't then my competitors will build it and certainly kill everybody."
He still contributed, a lot.
I don't really hold a grudge, I just think he's done it, running around yelling about it probably is going to change anything. The psychopaths runs the show now.
He introduced the tech and right now, it's looking extremely unlikely anyone is going to slow down because of anything he says.
If that doesn't mean he's wrong, then it makes no sense to not take him seriously on this basis alone.