For most of our history, the development of technology has been inextricably tied to war. Truly civilian technological progress is a very recent development -- it only really took off after the end of the Cold War.
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I got my engineering degree from a very old military school, headed by a 4-star general. I work in Silicon Valley, which sprouted from the US military-industrial complex. Half of the techs I use in any given day have a military origin -- most prominently computers & the Internet.
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The fact that, today, most technological development is no longer driven by war is a remarkable sign of civilization. It gives me hope for the future.
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It's on the roadmap, though. Everyone in the military and government is frothing for "AI/ML". The "next war".
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War and ongoing exploitation (value extraction) rooted in colonialism don't seem that different to me. With multinationals as powerful as governments war becomes value extraction at scale for market dominance. I guess you're right about 'civilization' (as Western colonialism)'.
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I hope AI researchers of your calibre are more aware of what is happening around them, it would be foolish to think the Military would let go of such precise technology as DL, companies like Raytheon are already funding large scale research in DL across Pvt. Res. Univ. In Us
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Army research labs, and DARPA already have access the cutting edge research being conducted at Pvt. As well as public research universities across US, and we know it's the state that has done the development and the corporations that have marketed it, and now it's both in both.
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The flipside is that we're clearly in a technological stagnation post-Cold War. At least as far as atoms are concerned.
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Maybe the concept of war has changed at the same time ? The technological development is still related to war, but it has developped new relations with other systems
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Are you sure it’s not?
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The military will always lead R&D efforts. Self-driving cars are due to DARPA. Google moonshots have been a dud. It takes the government to do great things. Private companies are in for the money.
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In a deontological perspective, it is good In a consequentialist perspective, I hope it is, but I am aware it may not
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It seems as if DARPA is quietly behind nearly every key innovation. Perhaps, as it should be. The first to breakthrough to AGI would essentially have a “first strike” capability that could not be countered.https://lightcone.blog/f/one-world-under-ai-the-inevitable-end-game …
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