This reminds me of Joe Rogan’s interview with Elon Musk. This section has really stuck with me:
Joe Rogan So, what happened with you where you decided, or you took on a more fatalistic attitude? Like, was there any specific thing, or was it just the inevitability of our future?
Elon Musk I try to convince people to slow down. Slow down AI to regulate AI. That’s what’s futile. I tried for years, and nobody listened.
Joe Rogan This seems like a scene in a movie-
Elon Musk Nobody listened.
Joe Rogan … where the the robots are going to fucking takeover. You’re freaking me out. Nobody listened?
Elon Musk Nobody listened.
Joe Rogan No one. Are people more inclined to listen today? It seems like an issue that’s brought up more often over the last few years than it was maybe 5-10 years ago. It seemed like science fiction.
Elon Musk Maybe they will. So far, they haven’t. I think, people don’t—Like, normally, the way that regulations work is very slow. it’s very slow indeed. So, usually, it will be something, some new technology. It will cause damage or death. There will be an outcry. There will be an investigation. Years will pass. There will be some sort of insights committee. There will be rule making. Then, there will be oversight, absolutely, of regulations. This all takes many years. This is the normal course of things.
If you look at, say, automotive regulations, how long did it take for seatbelts to be implemented, to be required? You know, the auto industry fought seatbelts, I think, for more than a decade. It successfully fought any regulations on seatbelts even though the numbers were extremely obvious. If you had seatbelts on, you would be far less likely to die or be seriously injured. It was unequivocal. And the industry fought this for years successfully. Eventually, after many, many people died, regulators insisted on seatbelts. This is a—This time frame is not relevant to AI. You can’t take 10 years from a point of which it’s dangerous. It’s too late.
This reminds me of Joe Rogan’s interview with Elon Musk. This section has really stuck with me:
Joe Rogan
So, what happened with you where you decided, or you took on a more fatalistic attitude? Like, was there any specific thing, or was it just the inevitability of our future?
Elon Musk
I try to convince people to slow down. Slow down AI to regulate AI. That’s what’s futile. I tried for years, and nobody listened.
Joe Rogan
This seems like a scene in a movie-
Elon Musk
Nobody listened.
Joe Rogan
… where the the robots are going to fucking takeover. You’re freaking me out. Nobody listened?
Elon Musk
Nobody listened.
Joe Rogan
No one. Are people more inclined to listen today? It seems like an issue that’s brought up more often over the last few years than it was maybe 5-10 years ago. It seemed like science fiction.
Elon Musk
Maybe they will. So far, they haven’t. I think, people don’t—Like, normally, the way that regulations work is very slow. it’s very slow indeed. So, usually, it will be something, some new technology. It will cause damage or death. There will be an outcry. There will be an investigation. Years will pass. There will be some sort of insights committee. There will be rule making. Then, there will be oversight, absolutely, of regulations. This all takes many years. This is the normal course of things.
If you look at, say, automotive regulations, how long did it take for seatbelts to be implemented, to be required? You know, the auto industry fought seatbelts, I think, for more than a decade. It successfully fought any regulations on seatbelts even though the numbers were extremely obvious. If you had seatbelts on, you would be far less likely to die or be seriously injured. It was unequivocal. And the industry fought this for years successfully. Eventually, after many, many people died, regulators insisted on seatbelts. This is a—This time frame is not relevant to AI. You can’t take 10 years from a point of which it’s dangerous. It’s too late.