IMO people on this forum are making a mistake when they choose not to educate themselves on how ML actually works, or refuse to entertain concepts such as how one might build AGI. There is a big difference between learning about ML and contributing to the development of a new model or technique. Probably unless you work for OpenAI or DeepMind, you are not at risk of making anything dangerous. It’s extremely arrogant to think you are going to accidentally contribute to dangerous AI.
Yes, this is a common view around here.
IMO people on this forum are making a mistake when they choose not to educate themselves on how ML actually works, or refuse to entertain concepts such as how one might build AGI. There is a big difference between learning about ML and contributing to the development of a new model or technique. Probably unless you work for OpenAI or DeepMind, you are not at risk of making anything dangerous. It’s extremely arrogant to think you are going to accidentally contribute to dangerous AI.