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LudwigPastorius

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7. AI can be a global tool for advancing the entire human species only IF...

Reply to YoshidaYui (Original post)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 11:12 PM

Sep 17

AI companies can ensure safety by solving the alignment problem...which is going to be extraordinarily difficult. Unfortunately, most of these companies only pay lip service to keeping a lid on their creations. It's more important for them to be first in advancements and stock price.

It is becoming increasingly likely the first clue that a superintelligent AI is actively working against our existential interests will also be the last.

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HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT AI [View all] YoshidaYui Sep 17 OP

used it to seperate a vocal from a song I wrote and played (and own the rights) in that instance it msongs Sep 17 #1

The AI that will make the world a better place isn't the AI that everyone is talking about. hunter Sep 17 #2

What option should I choose if I unequivocally love it? Polybius Sep 17 #3

2 OR 4? YoshidaYui Sep 17 #4

Well, I don't really want many rules, so I chose 2 Polybius Sep 17 #5

Thanks for participating in the poll YoshidaYui Sep 17 #6

AI can be a global tool for advancing the entire human species only IF... LudwigPastorius Sep 17 #7

It can't be a tool "for advancing the entire human species" when it's based on theft of the world's intellectual highplainsdem Sep 18 #9

Stephen Hawking warned against it. That's good enough reason. Blue Full Moon Sep 17 #8

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