wow gpt3 is going to replace the smut industry oh no it’s the end of the world. men (but not women, because women are not horny or lonely) will be extremely changed by this. wow. wow. wow
more seriously: yeah this is what people are worried about, but like, more generally
I think you may have missed my point here. I was not principally talking about the threat posed by AI to existing industries and commercial ventures such as the production of pornographic literature. My point was to highlight that AI could bring on voluntary social atomization as in, for example, “WALL-E”. The protagonist of the story becomes frustrated by and uninterested in his friends because he cannot order them around on a whim like he can chatGPT, nor can they converse on any topic of his choosing.
Once given a taste of something sweeter and richer, it is hard to return to our previous gruel. Our expectations have been ever raised, and AI in a social function could raise our expectations of social satisfaction to levels that cannot be met by other people, and even if they could, will not (as to do so, to compete with the AI for your attention, would require their extreme focus on pleasing you, forgoing their own enjoyment).
I agree entirely that the formation of you’re here-stated idea in the post was lackluster. But it remains, to an extent, an idea of some interest—particularly to the general public. On that note: I highly recommend you read Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun.
Hmm. Fair point, yeah. AI will need to give good lessons to humans. I think we’ll find we want to interact with each other even if AI can be satisfying, though. And AI that can help with that will be of particular interest. You’re right that some will get addicted to ai even in a world without any catastrophically unsafe agents. But what about humans interacting with ai together at the same time… hmmm.
I still don’t personally like the writing; I changed my strong downvote to a normal downvote, though.
wow gpt3 is going to replace the smut industry oh no it’s the end of the world. men (but not women, because women are not horny or lonely) will be extremely changed by this. wow. wow. wow
more seriously: yeah this is what people are worried about, but like, more generally
I think you may have missed my point here. I was not principally talking about the threat posed by AI to existing industries and commercial ventures such as the production of pornographic literature. My point was to highlight that AI could bring on voluntary social atomization as in, for example, “WALL-E”. The protagonist of the story becomes frustrated by and uninterested in his friends because he cannot order them around on a whim like he can chatGPT, nor can they converse on any topic of his choosing.
Once given a taste of something sweeter and richer, it is hard to return to our previous gruel. Our expectations have been ever raised, and AI in a social function could raise our expectations of social satisfaction to levels that cannot be met by other people, and even if they could, will not (as to do so, to compete with the AI for your attention, would require their extreme focus on pleasing you, forgoing their own enjoyment).
I agree entirely that the formation of you’re here-stated idea in the post was lackluster. But it remains, to an extent, an idea of some interest—particularly to the general public. On that note: I highly recommend you read Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun.
Hmm. Fair point, yeah. AI will need to give good lessons to humans. I think we’ll find we want to interact with each other even if AI can be satisfying, though. And AI that can help with that will be of particular interest. You’re right that some will get addicted to ai even in a world without any catastrophically unsafe agents. But what about humans interacting with ai together at the same time… hmmm.
I still don’t personally like the writing; I changed my strong downvote to a normal downvote, though.