Ok, I'm a little scared to put my reputation at risk by saying this, but I think it's important and I think there's a chance I have enough of a platform that speaking up can matter. So here goes. I'm concerned that the meme of "AI risk" is being perverted to destructive ends.
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And it's *especially* disturbing that I don't see any pushback, not even verbal pushback *by* technologists who are generally chatty on the internet. Not even from my friends. Not even from "heterodox" right-wingers.
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I know: you look kind of weak and not with-it if you say "actually, I think we should be free to do our thing; our thing is mostly good", when you can sense that the currents of power are trending towards illiberalism. But maybe *don't be a weenie*?
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Do you *really* want to go from being a creative intellectual to making sure you get a lock on those sweet DOD contracts? Do you really think it's *good* for positive-sum creation to be turned into zero-sum rent-seeking? If not, then maybe say so?
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People talk about all sorts of dumb and misguided stuff. There are *so* many open racists on Twitter, for instance. Surely it shouldn't be scarier to say "rent-seeking is bad" than to say the far more heinous stuff that "politically incorrect" culture warriors do?
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Question is less of maximizing rate of innovation in ai field (which is just a means to an end) and more of ensuring that output from these innovations, on the whole, is of benefit to humanity (the end, not the means). From this perspective, laissez faire approach isnt justified
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But given the credible risks to society emanating from a freewheeling approach to innovation in ai research, wouldn’t regulation and slower innovation be societally warranted? Especially when ai can pose existential risks we understand, and risks we can’t even identify right now
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Shouldn’t the ai field be worried about unleashing monsters of their making that they cannot control? Governance can help us reduce likelihood of that happening. Tradeoff being a lower rate of innovation, which seems acceptable when viewed from a macro, social prism across time
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