Sleerk@feddit.uk to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 days agoAI is the digital equivalent of an atom bomb. You can refuse it but you can't prevent others from using it... and there may be dire consequences if only the worst people have it.message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down123file-text
arrow-up1100arrow-down1message-squareAI is the digital equivalent of an atom bomb. You can refuse it but you can't prevent others from using it... and there may be dire consequences if only the worst people have it.Sleerk@feddit.uk to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 days agoIt’s also why we can’t stop using fossil fuels. Those who refuse to use them will be outcompeted by bad actors and left behind. If something can be done, someone will do it if it gives them a competitive edge. Classic prisoners’ dilemma. So what will get us first, AI or climate change?
minus-squareEarthman_Jim@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoHumanity’s condition is not terminal, but your fatalism is…
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoTerminal…fatalism I see what you did there
It’s also why we can’t stop using fossil fuels. Those who refuse to use them will be outcompeted by bad actors and left behind.
If something can be done, someone will do it if it gives them a competitive edge. Classic prisoners’ dilemma.
So what will get us first, AI or climate change?
Humanity’s condition is not terminal, but your fatalism is…
Terminal…fatalism
I see what you did there