I think there will probably be even more discussion of AI x-risk in the media in the near future. My own media consumption is quite filtered but for example, the last time I was in an Uber, the news channel on the radio mentioned Geoffrey Hinton thinking AI might kill us all. And it isn’t a distant problem for my parents the way climate change is because they use Chat-GPT and are both impressed and concerned by it. They’ll probably form thoughts on it anyway, and I’d prefer if I can be around to respond to their confusion and concerns.
It also seems plausible that there is more AI panic and anxiety amongst some fraction of the general public in the near future. And I’d prefer the people I love are eased into it rather than feeling panicked and anxious all at once and not knowing how to deal with it.
It’s also useful for me to get a pulse on how people outside my social group (which is mostly heavily filtered as well) respond to AI x-risk arguments. For example, I didn’t know before what ideas that seemed obvious to me (being more intelligent doesn’t mean you have nice values, why humans care about the things we care about, that if something much smarter than us aims to take over it will succeed quickly etc) were completely new to my parents or friends who are not rationalist-adjacent(-adjacent).
I also think being honest with people close to me is more compassionate and good but that by itself wouldn’t compel me to actively discuss AI x-risk with them.
I think there will probably be even more discussion of AI x-risk in the media in the near future. My own media consumption is quite filtered but for example, the last time I was in an Uber, the news channel on the radio mentioned Geoffrey Hinton thinking AI might kill us all. And it isn’t a distant problem for my parents the way climate change is because they use Chat-GPT and are both impressed and concerned by it. They’ll probably form thoughts on it anyway, and I’d prefer if I can be around to respond to their confusion and concerns.
It also seems plausible that there is more AI panic and anxiety amongst some fraction of the general public in the near future. And I’d prefer the people I love are eased into it rather than feeling panicked and anxious all at once and not knowing how to deal with it.
It’s also useful for me to get a pulse on how people outside my social group (which is mostly heavily filtered as well) respond to AI x-risk arguments. For example, I didn’t know before what ideas that seemed obvious to me (being more intelligent doesn’t mean you have nice values, why humans care about the things we care about, that if something much smarter than us aims to take over it will succeed quickly etc) were completely new to my parents or friends who are not rationalist-adjacent(-adjacent).
I also think being honest with people close to me is more compassionate and good but that by itself wouldn’t compel me to actively discuss AI x-risk with them.