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throwaway27448
·vor 22 Minuten·discuss
It's not clear that "super intelligence" is a meaningful concept. This presumes that our concept of intelligence can continue to grow beyond human capacity as opposed to asymptotically approaching what humans recognize as "very intelligent". Perhaps, for instance, how we evaluate intelligence is bounded not by some quantitative capacity but rather our inability to agree on basic concepts/values. And do we even have tasks that a supposed superintelligence can tackle but humans cannot?

I predict that what we consider "super intelligence" is just sheer computational power, but any potential of a very capable agent is bounded by the needs/wants of the person wielding it. That is: even if we were to hand, say, Elon musk this "super intelligence", most humans would consider it relatively stupid because the person wielding it is still a person with stupid goals and values.

Or, to put it another way, I suspect we already do have a superintelligence and have longer than any of us have been alive, and it's just "the market", and it is still incapable of overcoming the limitations of a few morons wielding immense power.... power they will never yield to some intelligence with values and goals "more intelligent" than their own (if such a concept is even meaningful), and intelligence wasted on the values and goals they do have.
throwaway27448
·vor 2 Stunden·discuss
It's not even clear that ASI is a coherent concept.

But, I don't trust capital with either.
throwaway27448
·vor 3 Stunden·discuss
Is there a commercial model out there now that wasn't trained on stolen data? Let's stop refering to these ghouls as "innovators": they're glorified bootleggers
throwaway27448
·vor 4 Stunden·discuss
Why would you blame AI when there are dozens of other crises with far more evident impact already?
throwaway27448
·vor 4 Stunden·discuss
That's also a bad look for any company who willingly hands its IP over
throwaway27448
·vor 5 Stunden·discuss
> Steal

It's competition, buddy. If you don't think we got big the same way you're nuts. And anyone who is trying to kill tesla has my money.

Anyway, I don't think there's much worth stealing at the moment. Chinese models provide much better value than any american firm.

> but US could stop all of this by simply stopping their supply.

A) good luck trying to prevent access to a service and b) this is obvious cope. Of course the chinese can compete; there's no american magic beyond "having loads of money and nearby universities", which china has too.
throwaway27448
·vor 7 Stunden·discuss
I think the chinese are doing just fine by themselves at this point
throwaway27448
·vor 7 Stunden·discuss
Ok, so why did you bring this up in the context of boko haram? Do you think pets.com is trying to make a bomb?!
throwaway27448
·vor 8 Stunden·discuss
> Generally when a seller in state X in the US sells to a buyer in a different state Y the consumer protection laws of state Y apply.

I've found the person who lives in California lol, no it does not work that way.
throwaway27448
·vor 8 Stunden·discuss
And why would americans use regulated AI software when they could just buy it unregulated from china instead?

> If the fintech sector can do it, AI can too.

Fintech requires turning the number on a screen into something you can use to make a transaction. Good luck regulating... text.

For that matter, why would anyone want to live in a country where honest citizens have to use crippled software while criminals have full freedom?
throwaway27448
·vor 9 Stunden·discuss
> If everyone is using LLMs then nobody has advantage

People with more capital will always have an advantage. This is a large part why the american market fails to produce convincing competition.
throwaway27448
·vor 9 Stunden·discuss
...because terrorists in western africa are willing to follow american regulations? I hope this is satire.
throwaway27448
·vor 9 Stunden·discuss
Only the boutique ones based in America
throwaway27448
·vor 9 Stunden·discuss
This is why Russians now attack in teams of just two, down from dozens in 2022.
throwaway27448
·vor 9 Stunden·discuss
It's never been particularly difficult to discern how to assemble a bomb, or C4, or napalm, or.... etc. Difficulty in accessibility of violence has never been what protected society. Except, I'm willing to bet, in FBI funding meetings.
throwaway27448
·vor 9 Stunden·discuss
Because that's the shithole we live in. If you don't like it, take your head out of your ass and crucify a politician or move
throwaway27448
·vor 9 Stunden·discuss
I don't see Mamdani as somehow invulnerable to lobbyists; but they realistically have little leverage over him.
throwaway27448
·vor 9 Stunden·discuss
Oh, is new york in california?
throwaway27448
·vor 13 Stunden·discuss
"Purpose" and "hope" (hell let's through "telos" in there) are inherently subjective terms. Conflating this with empirical observation of effect is simply not useful outside of certain political situations where you intentionally want to disregard intent. It's asinine unless accompanied with persuasion that intent is working against collective interests.

In most situations disregarding intent is not useful for getting things done unless you have unilateral power to override intent.

A better explanation is that John Deere, like the massive truck corporations that make pickups, was happy to take advantage of blatant loopholes.
throwaway27448
·vor 13 Stunden·discuss
Of course, it also destroys the topsoil without careful management