I don’t think that’s what Bogdan meant. I think if we took a referendum on AI replacing humans entirely, the population would be 99.99% against—far higher than the consensus that might’ve voted against the industrial revolution (and actually I suspect that referendum might’ve been in favor—job loss only affected minorities of the population at any one point I think).
Even the e/acc people accused of wanting to replace humanity with machines mostly don’t want that, when they’re read in detail. I did this with “Beff Jezos” writings since he’s commonly accused of being anti-human. He’s really not—he thinks humans will be preserved or else machines will carry on humans values. There are definitely a few people who actually think intelligence is the most important thing to preserve (Sutton), but they’re very rare compared to those who want humans to persist. Most of those like Jezos who say it’s fine to be replaced by machines are still thinking those machines would be a lot like humans, including have a lot of our values. And even those are quite rare. For the most part, e/acc, d/acc, and doomers all share a love of humanity and its positive potential. We just disagree on how to get there. And given how new and complex this discussion is, I hold hope that we can mostly converge as we sort through the complex logic and evidence.
I don’t think that’s what Bogdan meant. I think if we took a referendum on AI replacing humans entirely, the population would be 99.99% against—far higher than the consensus that might’ve voted against the industrial revolution (and actually I suspect that referendum might’ve been in favor—job loss only affected minorities of the population at any one point I think).
Even the e/acc people accused of wanting to replace humanity with machines mostly don’t want that, when they’re read in detail. I did this with “Beff Jezos” writings since he’s commonly accused of being anti-human. He’s really not—he thinks humans will be preserved or else machines will carry on humans values. There are definitely a few people who actually think intelligence is the most important thing to preserve (Sutton), but they’re very rare compared to those who want humans to persist. Most of those like Jezos who say it’s fine to be replaced by machines are still thinking those machines would be a lot like humans, including have a lot of our values. And even those are quite rare. For the most part, e/acc, d/acc, and doomers all share a love of humanity and its positive potential. We just disagree on how to get there. And given how new and complex this discussion is, I hold hope that we can mostly converge as we sort through the complex logic and evidence.