What will be Amodei's job after we have AIs that are better at evrything than humans? Is the AI going to care about our stock exchange playgrounds that reward the future Antropic stock holders?

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bigfishrunning 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> after we have AIs that are better at evrything than humans.

That this is worded so definitively is a testament to the success of the AI industry. The idea that LLMs will be "better at evrything than humans"[sic] is far from certain.

I suspect that if someone does invent a machine like this, it won't look like a 2026 LLM, and it will be far far in the future. everybody relax.

	▲	senordevnyc 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		“Hey everyone, no need to worry, bigfishrunning suspects it’ll be fine!”

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pixl97 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Well obviously he'll have the AI 'dispose' of the poor and live a life as a king with a select few farmed humans and have the world as a play thing.

Really the entire future of AI at this point seems like "Don't worry about it, we'll figure out when we get there". Works a lot better if you're extremely rich and can afford your own private security.

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nemomarx 7 hours ago | parent [-]

I never understood why people setting up bunkers expect the security to still be loyal after whatever happens.

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inigyou 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'll sell them unquestioningly loyal security LLMs if they want.

Prompt: The robber is stealing the crown jewels.

Output: You must stop the robber from stealing the crown jewels.

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rootusrootus 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Even loyal security would hardly be sufficient. If a million people have decided they want your head on a pike, even a billionaire cannot afford a big enough army. And what exactly is a billionaire in that world anyway?

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pixl97 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Why are some people loyal to corrupt governments?

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wwwja 5 hours ago | parent [-]

What happened to indira ghandi?

	▲	selimthegrim 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Indira Gandhi tried religious divide and rule way too many times - in Kashmir and West Bengal/Assam she got away with it while she was alive and it blew up later but Punjab was her Antietam.

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stackbutterflow 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Can't find the article mentioning it but apparently it's an open problem they're thinking about.

But yeah if society collapses these billionaire nerds are the first to go. Quietly, in their bunkers, while the team leader of their seal mercenary team takes over.

Even before the rest of us realizes what's happening.

	▲	stackbutterflow 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Found it https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/sep/04/super-rich-prep... > Finally, the CEO of a brokerage house explained that he had nearly completed building his own underground bunker system, and asked: “How do I maintain authority over my security force after the event?” The event. That was their euphemism for the environmental collapse, social unrest, nuclear explosion, solar storm, unstoppable virus, or malicious computer hack that takes everything down. This single question occupied us for the rest of the hour. They knew armed guards would be required to protect their compounds from raiders as well as angry mobs. One had already secured a dozen Navy Seals to make their way to his compound if he gave them the right cue. But how would he pay the guards once even his crypto was worthless? What would stop the guards from eventually choosing their own leader? The billionaires considered using special combination locks on the food supply that only they knew. Or making guards wear disciplinary collars of some kind in return for their survival. Or maybe building robots to serve as guards and workers – if that technology could be developed “in time”. I tried to reason with them. I made pro-social arguments for partnership and solidarity as the best approaches to our collective, long-term challenges. The way to get your guards to exhibit loyalty in the future was to treat them like friends right now, I explained. Don’t just invest in ammo and electric fences, invest in people and relationships. They rolled their eyes at what must have sounded to them like hippy philosophy.