OpenAI currently creates a massive amount of value for humanity and by default should be defended tooth and nail.
Interesting how perspectives differ on this. From what I see around me, if tomorrow a lightning from God destroyed all AI technology, there’d be singing and dancing in the streets.
What do they have against AI? Seems like the impact on regular people has been pretty minimal. Also, if GPT4 level technology ws allowed to fully mature and diffuse to a wide audience without increasing in base capability, it seems like the impact on everyone would be hugely beneficial
They think (correctly) that AI will take away many jobs, and that AI companies care only about money and aren’t doing anything to prevent or mitigate job loss.
Some people have strong negative priors toward AI in general.
When the GPT-3 API first came out, I built a little chatbot program to show my friends/family. Two people (out of maybe 15) flat out refused to put in a message because they just didn’t like the idea of talking to an AI.
I think it’s more of an instinctual reaction than something thought through. There’s probably a deeper psychological explanation, but I don’t want to speculate.
Interesting how perspectives differ on this. From what I see around me, if tomorrow a lightning from God destroyed all AI technology, there’d be singing and dancing in the streets.
Out of curiosity, is “around you” a rationalist-y crowd, or a different one?
No, just regular people.
Interesting! That does align better with the survey data than what I see on e.g. Twitter.
What do they have against AI? Seems like the impact on regular people has been pretty minimal. Also, if GPT4 level technology ws allowed to fully mature and diffuse to a wide audience without increasing in base capability, it seems like the impact on everyone would be hugely beneficial
They think (correctly) that AI will take away many jobs, and that AI companies care only about money and aren’t doing anything to prevent or mitigate job loss.
In my non-tech circles people mostly complain about AI stealing jobs from artists, companies making money off of other people’s work, etc.
People are also just scared of losing their own jobs.
Some people have strong negative priors toward AI in general.
When the GPT-3 API first came out, I built a little chatbot program to show my friends/family. Two people (out of maybe 15) flat out refused to put in a message because they just didn’t like the idea of talking to an AI.
I think it’s more of an instinctual reaction than something thought through. There’s probably a deeper psychological explanation, but I don’t want to speculate.
Just saw a poll result that’s consistent with this.