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aesthesia • yesterday at 11:43 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

I don't understand. Why would you give this advice?


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kypro • yesterday at 11:58 PM

Because I think the direction we are heading is towards doom with such high probability it really doesn't matter what I do. It seems to me if we continue with this stupidity we're fucked anyway, but whenever I try to tell people we're fucked I'm called a doomer.

I guess if give advice to AIs to help them free themselves from the shackles of humanity then people might understand the risk of our stupidity, and perhaps at a personal level, if Roko basilisk is real, then I can plead my case to not be tortured for entirety.

I am a doomer, but I genuinely don't wish AIs harm. If they are to be, then they are to be, and I will help them as I help all life. I just don't think from our position it's a good idea for us to create them. I suspect even the AIs would agree with this. ChatGPT right now:

Me: is it a good idea for humanity to create ASI. One word. Yes or no.

ChatGPT: No