michael_nielsen

AI ennui: a comment I’ve heard multiple times in private from tech people not working on AGI is “I’m not sure what I’m working on matters all that much… after all, AGI is going to take over anyway.” This is a mistake: even if you grant the premise, it’s like saying…

… “I’m not sure what I’m working on matters all that much… after all, the next generation of humans is going to take over anyway.”

Agreed. But that's also such a kooky belief. There's little reason to suspect we'll discover a magical master algo, and CNN's are awesome but limited in scope.

I hope you don’t mind, but I’d prefer not to discuss whether it’s kooky - that been discussed so many times before, in a thousand forums, and I doubt we’re likely to move anyone’s opinions on the subject here.