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  • I don’t think I suggested it wasn’t worrisome, just that it’s expected.

    If you think about it, AI is tuned using RLHF, or Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback. That means the only thing AI is optimizing for is “convincingness”. It doesn’t optimize for intelligence, anything seems like intelligence is literally just a side effect as it forever marches onward towards becoming convincing to humans.

    “Hey, I’ve seen this one before!” You might say. Indeed, this is exactly what happened to social media. They optimized for “engagement”, not truth, and now it’s eroding the minds of lots of people everywhere. AI will do the same thing if run by corporations in search of profits.

    Left unchecked, it’s entirely possible that AI will become the most addictive, seductive technology in history.











  • Pennomi@lemmy.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldScore one for atheism!
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    8 days ago

    In other words, “anti-theists” instead of just atheists.

    Most people whose personalities revolves around being anti-something are insufferable. It’s far better to be for something than against something.

    Like, I grew up Mormon, and left when I grew old enough to think for myself. Among my friends who also left the church, there are two major categories: the “post-mormons” and the “anti-mormons”. The anti-mormons are miserable to be around while the rest of us decided we’d rather build our lives around what we love, not what we hate.