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AI ethicists btfo.
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im actually kinda scared by this shit. i get thats an unfunny opinion but i dont really want things to get worse, but i can only assume they will because everyone is willing to do terrible things for enough money, and AGI is practically a money printer.
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It's inevitable, rather it be developed with oversight than being developed underground.
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Peek behind the curtain and every AI ethicist is an AI should enforce my worldview-ist. The best and safest approach is to have every model released to the public, no filters, no monopolies.
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most of the "ethics in AI" people are shitlib ideology-enforcers, either delusional or strivers. there's huge amounts of funding available for them, from governments and NGOs, and via ESG ("ethics in managing pension funds") companies are rewarded for promoting them. their greatest fear is that an AI might tell you honestly the racial demographics and crime rates of your city's neighborhoods.
"AI alignment" or "AI safety" are a completely different group of people. they get funding from other nerds, nobody wants to hire them because what they're talking about sounds like it might reduce profits. they worry about how to make sure a superintelligent AI, if one ever comes into existence, will care somewhat about our well-being.
I still have no idea what the fight inside openAI was actually about, but I suspect it wasn't AI ethics or AI alignment, it probably was about money.
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Pretty much. it was such a circus show when Altman went to congress and pleaded about regulations to basically start the discussion to separate AI to the havers and the have nots. US Government and corporations will still have access to unfettered AI. Best way to ensure balance is we all have access to the same models and tech.
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What a gay opinion
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Computer neurodivergents aren't exactly known for their stellar moral compass or social competence, you know what must be done to safeguard the future![:marseydoit#: :marseydoit#:](https://i.rdrama.net/e/marseydoit.webp)
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not sure what this has to do with wearing womens panties, but go off.![:taygrimacing: :taygrimacing:](https://i.rdrama.net/e/taygrimacing.webp)
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we're not anywhere near AGI. Not sure why we have to expend so much effort today fussing about it when we've barely scraped the surface
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AI ethicists get the wall
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