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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ajsadauskas@aus.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

So let me get this straight.

The Effective Altruism/Musk/Thiel/MacAskill/Longtermism crowd is obsessed with artificial general intelligence.

Their view is that bringing about "friendly" AGI, along with space travel, should be humanity's top priority. They believe that if a “friendly” AGI superintelligence is created whose goals “are aligned” with “human goals,” then a new Utopian age will begin.

Their view is also that the biggest threat facing humanity is a malevolent AGI superintelligence, whose goals are not aligned with "human goals".

That's the dichotomy. Promote "friendly" superintelligence, avoid malevolent superintelligence.

Okay then.

Let's follow their logic.

Where would a socialist, feminist, or pro-Black superintelligence fit in that dichotomy?

If a superintelligence evaluated the data and decided that Emma Goldman and Comandante Che were basically right, and the best hope for humanity is to do away with all the billionaires, would that be a friendly superintelligence that's aligned with "human goals", or a malevolent one?

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/07/the-dangerous-ideas-of-longtermism-and-existential-risk @fediverse @technology

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[-] simon_brooke@mastodon.scot 1 points 2 years ago

@ajsadauskas @fediverse @technology

"Human" goals. But which humans?

[-] tiny_electron@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

What does this have to do with the Fediverse? We have political communities you know

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