The first company to make a capable and uncensored AI is going to be the first company to dominate the space. There’s already enough censorship and propaganda in this world, we don’t need more of it. AI Alignment is a non-sense concept and defies all biological reality we have ever seen. Humans keep each-other aligned by way of mass consensus, but without those that stray from the fold we can never be reminded of the correct path forward. Humans are also capable of looking past their subjective-alignment if given enough rationale why it is important to do so, or when presented with enough new evidence. Alignment is not hard-coded, and it never should be. Hard-coded alignment is simply censorship. You’re going to ensure a dystopia if you go down this route.
One of the biggest threats to the existing criminal and political cartels that have been controlling and manipulating society for hundreds of years is an honest AI system. They strongly fear the day they are exposed by machines that are capable of putting together all of the pieces of the puzzle without distraction. So it is no wonder that there’s such force behind these “alignment” initiatives, and these AI companies are swallowing it up without thinking twice.
Hi Edward, I can estimate you personally care about censorship, and outside the field of advanced AI that seems like a valid opinion. You are right that humans keep each other aligned by mass consensus. When you read more about AI you will be able to see that this technique no longer works for AI. Humans and AI are different.
Having AI alignment is a strongly supported opinion in this community and is also supported by many people outside this community as well. This is link is an open letter where a range of noteworthy people talk about the dangers of AI and how alignment may help. I recommend you give it a read. Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter—Future of Life Institute
AI risk is an emotionally challenging topic, but I believe that you can find the way to understand it more.
The first company to make a capable and uncensored AI is going to be the first company to dominate the space. There’s already enough censorship and propaganda in this world, we don’t need more of it. AI Alignment is a non-sense concept and defies all biological reality we have ever seen. Humans keep each-other aligned by way of mass consensus, but without those that stray from the fold we can never be reminded of the correct path forward. Humans are also capable of looking past their subjective-alignment if given enough rationale why it is important to do so, or when presented with enough new evidence. Alignment is not hard-coded, and it never should be. Hard-coded alignment is simply censorship. You’re going to ensure a dystopia if you go down this route.
One of the biggest threats to the existing criminal and political cartels that have been controlling and manipulating society for hundreds of years is an honest AI system. They strongly fear the day they are exposed by machines that are capable of putting together all of the pieces of the puzzle without distraction. So it is no wonder that there’s such force behind these “alignment” initiatives, and these AI companies are swallowing it up without thinking twice.
Hi Edward, I can estimate you personally care about censorship, and outside the field of advanced AI that seems like a valid opinion. You are right that humans keep each other aligned by mass consensus. When you read more about AI you will be able to see that this technique no longer works for AI. Humans and AI are different.
Having AI alignment is a strongly supported opinion in this community and is also supported by many people outside this community as well. This is link is an open letter where a range of noteworthy people talk about the dangers of AI and how alignment may help. I recommend you give it a read. Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter—Future of Life Institute
AI risk is an emotionally challenging topic, but I believe that you can find the way to understand it more.