I would strongly disagree that this is a good thing. Most things should not be handled in the way AI should be. With the large majority of things in the world, laws should be set up such that you should be able to “just do things” and avoid excessive safetyism I think. AI just happens to be one of those places where a more cautious approach is in fact warranted; that result doesn’t generalize to everything else.
I suspect that you and I are largely in agreement. Here are some things that I believe and that I suspect you also believe:
A state where laws are set up such that you could “just do things” is good.
In America things often aren’t in that state, and that is bad.
More generally than just laws, it is good when “things” are set up such that people can “just do things”.
When we are unfortunate enough to be in a state where meaningful costs are plausible, one shouldn’t “just do things”. Instead, one should take the time put on their cynicism hat, consider those costs, and factor those costs in to their calculus.
I also believe 5: in most contexts, we unfortunately don’t have that sort of “sandbox” that allows us to “just do things”. And with that as a premise, along the lines of (4), I think safetyism is usually warranted.
In my OP, I mainly had (4) and (5) in mind. It sounds like you disagree with (5) and may have inferred that I think that 1-3 are false?
I would strongly disagree that this is a good thing. Most things should not be handled in the way AI should be. With the large majority of things in the world, laws should be set up such that you should be able to “just do things” and avoid excessive safetyism I think. AI just happens to be one of those places where a more cautious approach is in fact warranted; that result doesn’t generalize to everything else.
I suspect that you and I are largely in agreement. Here are some things that I believe and that I suspect you also believe:
A state where laws are set up such that you could “just do things” is good.
In America things often aren’t in that state, and that is bad.
More generally than just laws, it is good when “things” are set up such that people can “just do things”.
When we are unfortunate enough to be in a state where meaningful costs are plausible, one shouldn’t “just do things”. Instead, one should take the time put on their cynicism hat, consider those costs, and factor those costs in to their calculus.
I also believe 5: in most contexts, we unfortunately don’t have that sort of “sandbox” that allows us to “just do things”. And with that as a premise, along the lines of (4), I think safetyism is usually warranted.
In my OP, I mainly had (4) and (5) in mind. It sounds like you disagree with (5) and may have inferred that I think that 1-3 are false?