[munksbeer]

>AI has never, ever, and never will be, about making life better for the average human.

You don't know that. And this same line could be said about any technology that results in accruing of capital, but actually does end up making life better for the average human.

What if AI at AlphaFold finds a cure for Alzheimer's disease? What if it finds a way to actually perfect fusion?

You can't tell me we don't live better lives than people 100 years ago right now, and that is because of technology.

[dannersy]

I am okay with Alzheimer's not being cured if it means we are not bending over backwards to welcome a billionaire overlord class. I don't think Altman or Amodei give a fuck about Alzheimer's unless a cure gives them a reason to obtain more investments. You could say that is the system working, but as a member of said system, it feels pretty shit.

[thunky]

> I am okay with Alzheimer's not being cured if it means we are not bending over backwards to welcome a billionaire overlord class

What a cold perspective. Talk about throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

[dannersy]

It is cold for me to not want to concede everything to billionaires to cure a disease? You are short sighted, as I would argue the reverse is cold.

[thunky]

> It is cold for me to not want to concede everything to billionaires to cure a disease?

"Concede everything" is way too vague to argue against, but I'd be more than happy if whoever is behind the tech to cure a horrible disease like Alzheimer's is made filthy rich for it.

[munksbeer]

> It is cold for me to not want to concede everything to billionaires to cure a disease?

That's a fallacy. You're assuming we all agree that this is going to happen. I don't agree. And I think AI will drive a huge amount of innovation that is going to make almost everyones lives better.

[childintime]

Billionaires? We're basically talking about the first 10 trillionaire, Elon Musk, and the inauguration of the supervillain category. He'll hold a majority stake in his soon to be Skynet empire SpaceXAI+Tesla. Which means he'll put lasers in space to control access, as he needs to prevent the Kessler syndrom, as that's the only way to take him down. So he'll want repressive governments. He'll give them the mark of the beast to solve their problem, those pesky humans need to behave better, and it'll be dandy like an iPhone was, progress! The other billionaires? He can darth vader them at will. We're seeing the coup first hand and we're blind to it. No government can wipe him out, as his empire stretches into the universe.

[dannersy]

True. The techno optimists seem to think it is justified for a chance to cure a disease.

[munksbeer]

These threads are so tiresome. Reddit doomerism has infested hn.