A.I.-Doomerism has officially gone mainstream. Here's why you should be less scared than many people new to the topic now seem to be (although you should still be somewhat scared).
I think this sentence “The emotionally resonant, attention-grabbing threats are not the most dire ones” sums up the human response perfectly. We are still programmed to respond to the tiger chasing us as opposed to a glacier melting 8 cm per year. Thanks for a clear look at a complicated issue.
“These Chatbots are constructing their responses one word at a time, based on guessing the next word that would follow on the last word they wrote. They have no higher-level conception of “what the conversation is about” or “how do I come across”. They are literally just doing a really complicated version of "guess-the-next-work-in-the-sentence”.”
Now this does beg the question; if A.I becomes sentient in the future, how will we be able to tell the difference between “this machine is alive” and “this machine is just guessing what its next word will be”?
OGWiseman Reassures!
I think this sentence “The emotionally resonant, attention-grabbing threats are not the most dire ones” sums up the human response perfectly. We are still programmed to respond to the tiger chasing us as opposed to a glacier melting 8 cm per year. Thanks for a clear look at a complicated issue.
“These Chatbots are constructing their responses one word at a time, based on guessing the next word that would follow on the last word they wrote. They have no higher-level conception of “what the conversation is about” or “how do I come across”. They are literally just doing a really complicated version of "guess-the-next-work-in-the-sentence”.”
Now this does beg the question; if A.I becomes sentient in the future, how will we be able to tell the difference between “this machine is alive” and “this machine is just guessing what its next word will be”?
Interesting stuff! Good start to a dystopian post world