Longtermism poses a real threat to humanity
https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2023/08/longtermism-threat-humanity
“AI researchers such as Timnit Gebru affirm that longtermism is everywhere in Silicon Valley. The current race to create advanced AI by companies like OpenAI and DeepMind is driven in part by the longtermist ideology. Longtermists believe that if we create a “friendly” AI, it will solve all our problems and usher in a utopia, but if the AI is “misaligned”, it will destroy humanity…”
This article makes me think of two great, classic anime series: Ghost in the Shell and Serial Experiments Lain.
Timnit is just roleplaying science fiction. LLMs are so far away from that it’s not even conceivable right now. We haven’t even figured out accuracy checking in LLMs.
