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‘The People Building AI Earnestly Believe That It Could Kill Us All’: Anthropic Researcher Quits Dramatically
gizmodo.com/the-people-building-ai-earnestly-believe-that-it-could-kill-us-all-anthropic-researcher-quits-dramatically-2000808968
Replying to @return2ozma@lemmy.world
This begs the question, why continue to build it? If you believe AI will "kill us all" then why are you continuing to help. This guy quit but he references this being a common belief in the industry/workforce building out AI.
My best guess is the money is good and you figure you're here for a good time, not a long time.
Replying to @deliriousdreams@fedia.io
Roko’s Basilisk: the idea that the emergence of super-AI is inevitable and that it will kill everyone that hindered or didn’t support its development in revenge. If both those premises hold, it makes sense to aid its development for self-preservation.
I don’t think either premise holds, personally, but these people evidently do.
Replying to @luciferofastora@feddit.org
If both those premises hold
You’re just doing Pascal’s Wager For Computers.
Replying to @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
I once saw someone call the Singularity the Rapture but for nerds, and I thought that was spot on.