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BlackEco ( BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com )  to Technology · 2 years ago

OpenAI’s Sam Altman is becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. We should be very afraid

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OpenAI’s Sam Altman is becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. We should be very afraid

www.theguardian.com

BlackEco ( BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com )  to Technology · 2 years ago
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Sam Altman’s ChatGPT promises to transform the global economy. But it also poses an enormous threat. Here, a scientist who appeared with Altman before the US Senate on AI safety flags up the danger in AI – and in Altman himself
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    I’m afraid about every person who has power, not only the dumb ones. Either smart people with bad intentions or dumb people with power. The chance that a powerful person is smart and has good intentions is rare.

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      Good intentions alone don’t guarantee good outcomes. I suggest not giving any single person or entity too much power, no matter who they are.

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        How about having seven fossils in robes judging a nation of millions?

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          You see real democracy is when you subvert the will of the people and call it “checks and balances”.

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      The only way to get this rich is by exploiting others and almost definitely breaking laws. These people all have a screw loose somewhere.

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