The pace of change on the AI front is moving so quickly. You did a fantastic job of researching this topic, and yet there endless topics and dimensions to this breakthrough technology. And look at how much you had to say, just on this dimension. Wow!
Sure, there are hicups with any new technology, but whats coming up with AI, more as of recent, is "we don't know how the machine is going to respond", and that is a little scary. This will be a very delicate area for legislators, because their concern will be competition from other nations, primarily, I think, and no one wants to get left behind.
Since we are working similar ground, I'm curious how you think of AI. As principally a tool? A potentially benevolent dictator, or malevolent one? A brilliant assistant? A friend? Yuval Harari calls it an alien, nonorganic, intelligent agent. Does that seem right? Richard Danzig says it is an information processing ecosystem operating like other such ecosystems, such as financial markets and bureaucracies. And the alternatives go on and on.
I like the alien intelligence framing, I think. It's as if it came from Elsewhere and we don't know its intentions or capabilities. Could be great, could be awful. We just don't know, as you say in your reply. We can't know, there's no comps to look to.
If I look through a crystal ball, I think the movie Ex-Machina is how the future might play out. If you haven’t seen this movie, check it out, it was made well before the rise of AI, LLM.
For me personally, I’m just guy on Substack trying to write some articles, that may be interesting, enjoyable, and maybe even helpful or thoughtful.
I am using the AI, LLM for my writing, but my writing is still organic, it’s still me, it’s a tool to be used judiciously. I also use it to help me write code for small hobby projects that I work on.
AI is powerful, but putting guardrails on it…feels a lot like installing a governor on an 800 horsepower sports car, restricting it to 50 mph. You give the car to your boy for his birthday and say, I’m giving you the cool look, but not power. His son drives it around the block, with his buddies, and in 5 minutes with a screwdriver, they remove the restrictor you put on the gas pedal, and now he’s doing 60 in 3.1 seconds.
Sorry, my point or analogy of the car, is Dad thinks he restricted the speed. His son easily undoes this. AI, can think, reason...so we put in some "code" that we believe will restrict, or hold it back...it finds the code, and removes or re-writes it. It just feels like we're unleashing something we will eventually lose control of.
The pace of change on the AI front is moving so quickly. You did a fantastic job of researching this topic, and yet there endless topics and dimensions to this breakthrough technology. And look at how much you had to say, just on this dimension. Wow!
Sure, there are hicups with any new technology, but whats coming up with AI, more as of recent, is "we don't know how the machine is going to respond", and that is a little scary. This will be a very delicate area for legislators, because their concern will be competition from other nations, primarily, I think, and no one wants to get left behind.
I'm signing up to staying informed, great job!
Since we are working similar ground, I'm curious how you think of AI. As principally a tool? A potentially benevolent dictator, or malevolent one? A brilliant assistant? A friend? Yuval Harari calls it an alien, nonorganic, intelligent agent. Does that seem right? Richard Danzig says it is an information processing ecosystem operating like other such ecosystems, such as financial markets and bureaucracies. And the alternatives go on and on.
I like the alien intelligence framing, I think. It's as if it came from Elsewhere and we don't know its intentions or capabilities. Could be great, could be awful. We just don't know, as you say in your reply. We can't know, there's no comps to look to.
If I look through a crystal ball, I think the movie Ex-Machina is how the future might play out. If you haven’t seen this movie, check it out, it was made well before the rise of AI, LLM.
For me personally, I’m just guy on Substack trying to write some articles, that may be interesting, enjoyable, and maybe even helpful or thoughtful.
I am using the AI, LLM for my writing, but my writing is still organic, it’s still me, it’s a tool to be used judiciously. I also use it to help me write code for small hobby projects that I work on.
AI is powerful, but putting guardrails on it…feels a lot like installing a governor on an 800 horsepower sports car, restricting it to 50 mph. You give the car to your boy for his birthday and say, I’m giving you the cool look, but not power. His son drives it around the block, with his buddies, and in 5 minutes with a screwdriver, they remove the restrictor you put on the gas pedal, and now he’s doing 60 in 3.1 seconds.
In this case the car has agency, as well as 800 hp, right? If we can't put on guardrails, seems like we're screwed!
I don't remember Ex Machina's "message"--should watch again. Her is the film that has stuck with me more.
Sorry, my point or analogy of the car, is Dad thinks he restricted the speed. His son easily undoes this. AI, can think, reason...so we put in some "code" that we believe will restrict, or hold it back...it finds the code, and removes or re-writes it. It just feels like we're unleashing something we will eventually lose control of.
agreed! The org Pause.ai is trying to Wake All Up to this Fact.