An interesting take on AI risk: metamoderna.org/what-can-stop-the-ai-apocalypse-grammar-yes-only-grammar
The vision exposed in this article is that humans with their institutional superstructures (bureaucracies, markets, corporations, ...) and AIs (plural) will/should form an ecosystem in which all players coevolve, competing and collaborating at the same time. I don't think that any of the players are ready for this, but in the long run, this is where we could be heading.
📝 What can stop the AI apocalypse? — Grammar. Yes, only grammar. - Metamoderna
The sociological/psychological fallout of AI is not decades away: right here, right now, we are watching in slow-motion the major meltdown of our shared sense of reality. The only thing that can save civilization from utter destruction? Basic English grammar. Hear me out, guys. Part One: Introducing the idea: “If the disease stems from a […]
We’ll need some research that could plausibly generate AIs first, I suppose.
What did I just read!
Can someone post a summary that doesn't require understanding Lacan/Derrida/et al.?
Jack Rusher What's nice about this analysis is that it doesn't really rely on any specific notion of what AI is. "Large-scale information processing system" is all it takes.
Kartik Agaram Well, the author is a sociologist, and that shows in some places. I just skip the references and try to make sense of what's left, which works pretty well for me.