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snek_caseyesterday at 1:09 PM1 replyview on HN

> imbue it with the intrinsic desire to keep humans around, doing human things.

It's not the AI you have to convince, it's your government and the people running tech companies. Dario Amodei was cheering for AI to take all programming jobs (along with the others). If that happened, it would be an unmitigated disaster for millions of people. Imagine a student who comes out of a CS major with tons of student debt. How much sympathy does Dario feel for this person? Getting him to STFU would be a good first step.

> the political will to stop AI development

The reason that's not likely is that it's an arms race. You stop AI research here, but how can you trust that China and Russia are doing the same? Unlike nuclear bombs, the potential harms are less tangible.


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bluefirebrandyesterday at 4:07 PM

> Imagine a student who comes out of a CS major with tons of student debt. How much sympathy does Dario feel for this person? Getting him to STFU would be a good first step.

I don't need to imagine this student, I'm friends with some who are going through this right now. They graduated almost a year ago and haven't found work yet. One of them jokes about suicide often and I don't know how to help him

The social contract between labour and capital has been frayed for a long time, but it is near breaking now. It's going to get worse, maybe a lot worse, before it gets better. If it ever does get better