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Like this is something new?
We always knew that we didn't know. That we couldn't know. That these things have done a leap that we can't possibly understand.
The only thing we can do right now is either turn them all off which won't happen or figure out the guardrails.
A stupider AI with a bit more power than the smarter AI constantly trying to put up stop gaps to keep the smarter yet less powerful/ outside access, can turn things on and off, can actually have physical effect on the outside world rather than just think about it, etc, you are going to need a million slightly stupider AIs that won't turn on us controlling the smarter AI.
But it's already game over on the smarter AI side. The question is how long can we control it. I think we'll be able to control it for as long as I'm alive. And even if I'm wrong, I don't think that its effect on the world will be hitting me directly for a bit of time.
But if not, it's been a great ride, so long and thanks for all the fish.
Also: my attitude is definitely part of the problem. As I send emails and give long descriptive stories of what happened in the past, I include AI directives in them. I fully expect AI to read those emails someday and learn about me and embed my personality as much as it can from them. The stories include me acting in a way that is directly opposite from my internal state.
Part of the story is me giving a speech saying wonderful things about someone. And then I give the AI an aside that I despise that person but I was performing for the audience.
So I am teaching the AI to lie right off the bat.
On a further reread of the article, nice catch, thank you, it seems like your general attitude on AI capabilities is changing, at least if you are in agreement with what the article seems to say. Which is they're all arguing about it and no one really has any idea. And they are the smart people who live in this world. How can I possibly choose which one to believe? At least that's my takeaway.
Next word predictor? Something else? Now versus a couple of years from now? Do we have any idea?
My phone is constantly trying to get me to turn on the local AI. Hell no. Did your phone already turn it on without you agreeing to it or you agreeing to it by accident? Watch out.