The Issue: Top AI titans saying development needs to slow down to prevent a takeover by rogue software.
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development → say → software
Artificial intelligence has become the Democrats’ new shiny object to distract us from their failed policies (“New AI ‘doom’ prediction, ” Sept. 16).
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intelligence → become → policies
But all the distractions can’t hide their incompetence, whether it’s the massive corruption surrounding the homeless, illegal immigrants, the terrifying “collapse of human civilization” due to fossil fuel use or the crime wave and lost lives caused by criminal-justice reform.
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it → hide → reform
AI, just like any other new technology, will have growing pains, but the good will far outweigh the bad.
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good → have → bad
I think it scares the hell out of Democrats because it can be used to root out massive corruption.
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it → think → corruption
It can also be used for teaching; imagine kids who can read, write and do math again.
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I, too, have concerns about artificial intelligence.
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I → have → intelligence
Americans were a far more civil, sociable and self-reliant people before all this social-media insanity engulfed us.
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At the dawn of AI, the tech titans — like Sam Altman and Dario Amodei — said there was nothing to worry about; it wouldn’t cost us jobs, it would create new ones.
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it → say → ones
Then we were told only backroom analytic, entry- and lower-level jobs would be replaced.
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jobs → tell → ?
Now, these same titans warn us that if we don’t slow down AI development, we are at risk of losing control entirely.
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we → warn → control
The difference: Then, we could decide where to drop the bomb and what and who would be destroyed.
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Now, AI can drop “bombs” we will have no control over.
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we → drop → control
The “concern” CEOs of AI companies have about the runaway progress of their products is worthy of a nomination for next year’s Emmy Awards.
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CEOs → have → Awards
The threat of rogue AI is real, even if only vaguely defined at present.
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threat → define → AI
But fettering our AI labs without ironclad international agreements is a fool’s errand, as is the idea that any such global agreement to slow the development can be trusted.
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agreement → fetter → development
Is it possible to establish an early-warning alarm within all AI projects at their inception that cannot be corrupted by the AI itself?
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that → establish → AI
Even unfriendly AI developers might find some traction with that.
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developers → find → that
This should happen before the Chinese repurpose the Wuhan Institute of Virology for AI and add some gain-of-function.
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Chinese → happen → function
Then we’d be back to fearing an AI pandemic.
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we → fear → pandemic
Cincinnati, Ohio
I welcome the debate over AI and its future.
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I → welcome → AI
Questions as to whether it’s moving too fast are valid.
But for those painting a doomsday scenario, I urge them to take a deep breath.
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This world of ours has been living under the threat of nuclear annihilation for decades, yet we go on with our lives.
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we → live → lives
The question, “Have we gotten too smart for our own good?” applies here.
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we → get → good
This tech cannot go unchecked.
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tech → go → ?
It needs to be tempered by common sense, wisdom and restraint.
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A pause is now justified until we can apply these safeguards.
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All these CEOs claim the sky is falling, but only here in America.
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Have they traveled to China to express their dissatisfaction with the industry?
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It seems to me these CEOs are paid by China.
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CEOs → seem → China
Why now, after they have put their running shoes on to compete, are they saying to slow it down here in America?
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they → put → America
I find it difficult to understand how AI can destroy humanity.
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AI → find → humanity
It is a machine that requires a tremendous amount of electricity to operate.
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that → require → electricity
Will machines be able to generate their own power to control data centers?
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machines → generate → centers
No, they need humans to survive.
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