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We need AGI/ASI to hit and be a good thing.

• muzani 3y ago
  Why would it be a good thing?
  • precedentmorsel 3y ago
    if executed correctly, it could be a good thing
    • muzani 3y ago
      but what is the good thing? I mean everyone expects more wealth, but technological revolutions usually lead to inequality, a drop in average quality of life, and corruption.
      • precedentmorsel 3y ago
        which technological revolutions have lead to this?
        • smoldesu 3y ago
          Usually the ones that happen at a whiplash pace, like Mao's cultural revolution or the introduction of firearms to Native American populations. New technology needs time to mature and be rationalized by society at-large. Aviation and computing are both good examples, which had half-century long development phases before breaking into the consumer market and (finally) improving quality-of-life for everyone. AI is just going to exist and rapidly develop outside the scrutiny of standardization. If you're a libertarian or venture capitalist it's probably your wet dream, but if planes and computers were developed like that then we probably still wouldn't have smartphones and passenger jets in 2024.