But they are doing things that they believe introduce new, huge negative externalities on others without their consent. This rhymes with a historically very harmful pattern of cognition, where folks justify terrible things to themselves.
Secondly, who said anything about Pausing AI? That’s a separate matter. I’m pointing at a pattern of cognition, not advocating for a policy change.
It seems that you have to really thread the needle to get from “5% p(doom)” to “we must pause, now!”. You have to reason such that you are not self-interested but are also a great chauvinist for the human species.
This comment seems more to be resisting political action (pause AI) than pursuing it. If anything, your concern about political actors becoming monsters would more apply to the sort of people who want to create a world government to ban X globally, than people bringing up objections.
But they are doing things that they believe introduce new, huge negative externalities on others without their consent. This rhymes with a historically very harmful pattern of cognition, where folks justify terrible things to themselves.
Secondly, who said anything about Pausing AI? That’s a separate matter. I’m pointing at a pattern of cognition, not advocating for a policy change.
The comment you were criticizing stated
This comment seems more to be resisting political action (pause AI) than pursuing it. If anything, your concern about political actors becoming monsters would more apply to the sort of people who want to create a world government to ban X globally, than people bringing up objections.