I actually agree with the normal person here, though I’d rephrase it to “This is a silly question, orangutans did not invent humans!”, primarily because of the many disanalogies between the evolution of some chimps/gorillas/orangutans into humans, and the ways AI companies train/invent their AIs, and I’d have a similar reaction if chimpanzees or gorillas were used as the examples.
The evolution of humans from chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans provides ~0 bits of evidence for AI outcomes, and whatever happens on AI, it will be for very different reasons than the second species argument gives us.
I actually agree with the normal person here, though I’d rephrase it to “This is a silly question, orangutans did not invent humans!”, primarily because of the many disanalogies between the evolution of some chimps/gorillas/orangutans into humans, and the ways AI companies train/invent their AIs, and I’d have a similar reaction if chimpanzees or gorillas were used as the examples.
The evolution of humans from chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans provides ~0 bits of evidence for AI outcomes, and whatever happens on AI, it will be for very different reasons than the second species argument gives us.