Shocking! Why, who’d expect it from such a pillar of society!
(Sure, he’s 110% right in this isolated argument, and the medical industry is indeed a blatant, painfully obvious mafia. But one could make a bit of a case against this by arguing disproportionately risky outliers: e.g. what if we try to make AIDS attack itself but instead make it air- and waterborne, and then it slips away from the lab? What if we protect the AI industry from intrusive regulation early on when it’s still safe, then suddenly it’s an arms race of several UFAI projects, each hoping to be a little less bad than the others?)
What if we protect the AI industry from intrusive regulation early on when it’s still safe, then suddenly it’s an arms race of several UFAI projects, each hoping to be a little less bad than the others?
imagines US congress trying to legislate friendliness or regulate AI safety
Weirder, absurder stuff has happened—and certainly has been speculated about. In fact, Stanislaw Lem has written several novels and stories that largely depict Western bureaucracy trying to cope with AIs and other emerging technologies, and the insane disreality produced by that (His Master’s Voice, Peace on Earth, Golem XIV and the unashamed Dick ripoff… er, homage Memoirs Found in a Bathtub). I’ve read the first three, they’re great. For that matter, check out Dick’s short stories and essays too.
Shocking! Why, who’d expect it from such a pillar of society!
I know! I mean if something like this happens who know what might be next. People might start finding reasons why death is good or Robin Hanson might turn into a cynic.
Shocking! Why, who’d expect it from such a pillar of society!
(Sure, he’s 110% right in this isolated argument, and the medical industry is indeed a blatant, painfully obvious mafia. But one could make a bit of a case against this by arguing disproportionately risky outliers: e.g. what if we try to make AIDS attack itself but instead make it air- and waterborne, and then it slips away from the lab? What if we protect the AI industry from intrusive regulation early on when it’s still safe, then suddenly it’s an arms race of several UFAI projects, each hoping to be a little less bad than the others?)
imagines US congress trying to legislate friendliness or regulate AI safety
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Weirder, absurder stuff has happened—and certainly has been speculated about. In fact, Stanislaw Lem has written several novels and stories that largely depict Western bureaucracy trying to cope with AIs and other emerging technologies, and the insane disreality produced by that (His Master’s Voice, Peace on Earth, Golem XIV and the unashamed Dick ripoff… er, homage Memoirs Found in a Bathtub). I’ve read the first three, they’re great.
For that matter, check out Dick’s short stories and essays too.
I know! I mean if something like this happens who know what might be next. People might start finding reasons why death is good or Robin Hanson might turn into a cynic.