I don't think there's any 'we' to speak to inside of this sentence
"Before we go down this path, we need to ask ourselves whether we want humans to be economically viable in the future. And we need to ask ourselves what happens if we're only the second-smartest species participating in the economy."
I don't think there's any 'we' to speak to inside of this sentence
"Before we go down this path, we need to ask ourselves whether we want humans to be economically viable in the future. And we need to ask ourselves what happens if we're only the second-smartest species participating in the economy."
And the other problem is that some AI researchers are insane and would nod along with your arguments and still not care
Oh, I do not expect to pursuade a critical mass of people right now.
If we are, in fact, on the road to smarter-than-human AI, then I expect us to run down it at full speed. And if we run off a cliff at full speed, then any warnings will turn out to have been useless.
But maybe we merely faceplant into the gravel and lose some skin. At which point, enough people might be willing to listen.
Sometimes, you need to lay the groundwork for good ideas well in advance. And ideas really can change the world.
I don't think there's any 'we' to speak to inside of this sentence
"Before we go down this path, we need to ask ourselves whether we want humans to be economically viable in the future. And we need to ask ourselves what happens if we're only the second-smartest species participating in the economy."
And the other problem is that some AI researchers are insane and would nod along with your arguments and still not care
Oh, I do not expect to pursuade a critical mass of people right now.
If we are, in fact, on the road to smarter-than-human AI, then I expect us to run down it at full speed. And if we run off a cliff at full speed, then any warnings will turn out to have been useless.
But maybe we merely faceplant into the gravel and lose some skin. At which point, enough people might be willing to listen.
Sometimes, you need to lay the groundwork for good ideas well in advance. And ideas really can change the world.