AGI and technological singularity are distractions. It can be fun to anticipate when we'll lose our jobs or when machines will take over, but there are many ...
The guy makes a lot of great points and we have a lot to figure out about present-day problems of overconsumption, AI slop, closed source, etc as a species.
LLMs are peak overconsumption, they’re everywhere I didn’t ask for it.
E.g. Zoom companion??? Why???
I did use to find the idea of an AGI singularity really interesting but current AI is already too destructive in some very miserable ways, and it feels like entertaining a futuristic scenario is in “cosy catastrophe” territory…
The guy makes a lot of great points and we have a lot to figure out about present-day problems of overconsumption, AI slop, closed source, etc as a species.
LLMs are peak overconsumption, they’re everywhere I didn’t ask for it.
E.g. Zoom companion??? Why???
I did use to find the idea of an AGI singularity really interesting but current AI is already too destructive in some very miserable ways, and it feels like entertaining a futuristic scenario is in “cosy catastrophe” territory…