0xmons ✝️
@xmon.eth
dave is one of the ppl i know who used llms a lot to refine ideas does anyone think current pace of growth is like net-beneficial feels like linear growth in capabilities would have been much better for our psyches instead we're in a world where ppl run into llm induced psychosis and our brains can't keep up
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PhiMarHal
@phimarhal
I think exponential growth is beneficial. The people suffering ego bruises here are a minority of the population. Most people are not intellectuals. Most people do not have much control over their own lives, really. This affects the privileged spheres of society, and the angst at play here boils down to "my privilege is going away". So, were we all just larping when we pretended we wanted a fair and equal and just world? (Probably, yes.) On the other side of the equation, you have the moonshots. What happens when we all TRULY "are in it together"? There's perhaps a better chance for humans to coordinate than ever - both our incentives will be better aligned than ever, and AI itself could prove to be better governors than us. I don't believe humans will solve climate change on their own. We are on a crash course with extinction if left to our own devices. Gambling on the God Machine strikes me as our best bet right now. Besides that, I'd rather live forever as a pet than die as a special snowflake.
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0xmons ✝️
@xmon.eth
I agree the bull case for aligned ai is very good! I also agree that the ppl complaining are probably those closest to existing intellectual labor that can be displaced like math or coding (Coordination, governing, speeding up medical research etc gains would be sick! So would longevity!) However... I don't think that's the default though, or that we'll necessarily get there? (Eg what is evidence today that acceleration in ai advancement is/works towards longevity gains?) See eg most places ai is being deployed today, lack of research into interpretability, and slow uptake by governments to react or make legislation either to better demarcate or incorporate the tech Or, like, should we expect to see some beneficial qol improvements on the uptake? (And what would those be in today's world?)
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