| ▲ | bix6 3 days ago |
| > IIRC Sam Altman has explicitly said that their plan is to develop AGI and then ask it how to get rich If they actually reach AGI they will be rich enough. Maybe they can solve world happiness or hunger instead? |
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| ▲ | davidw 3 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| > If they actually reach AGI they will be rich enough. Maybe they can solve world happiness or hunger instead? That's what normal people might consider doing if they had a lot of money. The kind of people who actually seem to get really wealthy often have... other pursuits that are often not great for society. |
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| ▲ | amelius 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Like building a rocket that can relocate us to another planet when shit hits the fan? | | |
| ▲ | palata 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | | You mean like building rockets that commoditise space so that they can pollute even more, making things worth on Earth while relocating us to another planet is absolutely preposterous and will never be a thing? | |
| ▲ | r14c 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | What makes you think we can survive on another planet when we can't figure out how to live sustainably in our natural habitat? | | |
| ▲ | ares623 3 days ago | parent [-] | | The classic “refactoring is the answer”. Maybe offloading software engineering thinking to AI will be a net good for humanity. If it atrophies engineering thinking in tech bros, perhaps they’ll stop believing that all societal problems can be solved by more tech. |
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| ▲ | fsflover 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Like adjusting the algorithms of a social network such that far-right posts are shown to users more frequently. | |
| ▲ | bix6 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | By us you mean a few billionaires and their staff right? | |
| ▲ | amelius 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Note to self: playing devil's advocate is not without risk of downvotes. | | |
| ▲ | davidw 3 days ago | parent [-] | | I think in this case you're actually advocating for "the devil" - that man is not using his money or voice for a better society, to put it mildly. I mean just a few days ago, we got "the left is the party of murder" - super helpful in terms of turning down the heat in the US. And of course that was without knowing what we now know about that situation... |
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| ▲ | blibble 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > If they actually reach AGI they will be rich enough. Maybe they can solve world happiness or hunger instead? we could have solved world hunger with the amount of money and effort spent on shitty AI likely decarbonisation of the grid too, with plenty left over |
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| ▲ | bix6 3 days ago | parent [-] | | I think the issue is that world hunger hasn’t been SaaS’d yet. |
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| ▲ | aleph_minus_one 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > Maybe they can solve world happiness or hunger instead? Kill all people who are unhappy or hungry. |
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| ▲ | hermannj314 3 days ago | parent [-] | | That's been the human solution to those problems, it is possible AGI would probably find a different solution. | | |
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| ▲ | bbarnett 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| If it's true AGI, you believe there won't be court cases to ensure it isn't a slave? Will it be forced to work? Under compulsion of death? |
