[deaton]

The only good arguments I see against open weight AI also apply to closed AI. And regardless, the box is open, nobody can stop it even if stopping it was a good thing.

[no-name-here]

There are a number of distinctions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49029303

[vouaobrasil]

It could be stopped, if there were a social movement large enough to make AI a taboo.

[throw1234567891]

Yeah, like those 5g masts destroyed around the world because they spread covid. Loonies.

[vouaobrasil]

A lot of people have responded with flippant remarks because they have no serious rebuttal.

[srmatto]

That hasn't worked for Climate Change and in my opinion it's for the same reason: money.

[deaton]

Sure but Orange Catholicism hasn't quite caught on yet.

[iamnothere]

Exactly, just like taboos solved racism

[vouaobrasil]

I think they've certainly diminished racism, which is a good thing. Whether it can be solved is another question entirely. I doubt it because of human nature.

[iamnothere]

I disagree. I’ve actually seen more open racism since the taboo on racism became stronger. In a pluralistic society, they are overrated as a way of influencing social behavior. You’d have to completely eliminate the faction who disagrees with the taboo.

[OkayPhysicist]

Good luck with your Butlerian Jihad.