Vague theorizing about what these people’s motivations might be do not dissuade me from the notion that some of them are going to be sadistic. There is no universe in which this doesn’t turn basically maximally awful, at least in some regions of the universe.
I actually agree that we should do whatever we can to prevent a few actors from having this kind of control, so I’m not aiming to dissuade anyone into complacency.
My comment was trying to say “I’m not entirely sold the current crop of tech leaders will go full AI-driven sadism. Many people go into Minecraft creative mode but then don’t torture the villagers.” I’m still not entirely convinced we should mainly expect it, but I saw this quote from Alex Karp which surprised and updated me more towards your/cousin_it’s take
Personally, I did my share of torturing minecraft villagers in creative mode, so maybe I’m projecting to an extent, except that there absolutely are lots more people like me who can’t be trusted with anywhere near that level of power over actual people.
I actually agree that we should do whatever we can to prevent a few actors from having this kind of control, so I’m not aiming to dissuade anyone into complacency.
My comment was trying to say “I’m not entirely sold the current crop of tech leaders will go full AI-driven sadism. Many people go into Minecraft creative mode but then don’t torture the villagers.” I’m still not entirely convinced we should mainly expect it, but I saw this quote from Alex Karp which surprised and updated me more towards your/cousin_it’s take
“I love the idea of getting a drone and having light fentanyl‑laced urine spraying on analysts that tried to screw us.”
Personally, I did my share of torturing minecraft villagers in creative mode, so maybe I’m projecting to an extent, except that there absolutely are lots more people like me who can’t be trusted with anywhere near that level of power over actual people.