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by Justsignedup 737 days ago
For me, I'm not worried about artificial beings being smarter than us being able to reason about things better.

I am far far far more worried what a corporation would do. Look at the TikTok algorithm and how good it is at hijacking our thought process. Do I need to fear it in and of itself? No. I fear the company using it to drive behaviors a certain way because it is profitable.

I think Westworld had a great version of this. They create a super intelligent computer, and they could have just as easily asked it to solve climate change as to manipulate stocks. And ultimately the machine wasn't after anything, just working on a directive. And when asked to shut down, it did. (season 3)

Thats the point here, its all about who gets to direct it, and if it is Elon Musk, I fear for our future.