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by pixl97 1142 days ago
This post managed to say a lot of things and nothing all at once.

Lots of people died from electrocution because we didn't really have good regulations on how to wire stuff, and even a good grasp on the dangers of electricity.

Also, some countries have pretty good regulations and are generally happy. Other countries have terrible regulations and lots of human suffering because of it.

This is why your post is really meaningless. We're trying to incorporate a new system of regulations and rules and not have it be worse then what we currently have!

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People are likely not to find meaning in a critical view point if their salary depends on not finding it.

Not sure what to make of your objections. Yes regulation varies and it is not always timely or effective. So?

What I have tried to do is place the current debate of "AI risks" not in the popular yet deceitful and disorienting context of "what is, really, intelligence" and other such bull, but in the context of what can we as society allow people to do to other people using algorithms.

If we agree that this is the crux of the "AI" risk everything else is up for discussion.

The creeping "AI / human equivalence" ideology adopted by some tech bros is a throwback to very dark periods of dehumanization which had dire consequences. I hope people wake up to that threat and nip it in the bud.