Anders Sandberg is worried about AI reinforcing authoritarianism, cites paper to that effect and discusses in a thread. Certainly there are examples of the form ‘facial recognition helps regime which funds facial recognition which helps regime’ but I fail to see how this differentiates from any other atom blaster that can point both ways. We can all agree that so long as humans have not yet lost control of the future, the struggle for freedom will continue, and that one way humans can lose control of the future is for them to intentionally build an authoritarian AI-powered structure.
Oddly naive perspective. AI is extremely useful for surveillance, and seems less useful for counter surveillance. Generally speaking, any information technology that increases the amount or quality of data governments have on citizens, or citizens’ thoughts, movements, behaviors, and attitudes, increases authoritarianism.
Oddly naive perspective. AI is extremely useful for surveillance, and seems less useful for counter surveillance. Generally speaking, any information technology that increases the amount or quality of data governments have on citizens, or citizens’ thoughts, movements, behaviors, and attitudes, increases authoritarianism.