The real risk of AI isn't that it'll kill you. It's that a small group of billionaires will control the tech forever.

AI one-percenters seizing power forever is the real doomsday scenario, warns AI godfather::The real risk of AI isn’t that it’ll kill you. It’s that a small group of billionaires will control the tech forever.

  • clearleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    273·
    10 months ago

    At first the fear mongering was about how AI is so good that you’ll be able to replace your entire workforce with it for a fraction of the cost, which would be sooo horrible. Pwease investors pwease oh pwease stop investing in my company uwu

    Now they’re straight up saying that the people who invest the most in AI will dominate the world. If tech companies were really all that scared of AI they would be calling for more regulations yet none of these people ever seem to be interested in that at all.

    • Sharklaser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      242·
      10 months ago

      I think you’ve spotted the grift here. AI investment has faltered quickly, so a final pump before the dump. Get the suckers thinking it’s a no-brainer and dump the shitty stock. Business insider caring for humanity lol

    • Peanut@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      63·
      10 months ago

      You’re conflating polarized opinions of very different people and groups.

      That being said your antagonism towards investors and wealthy companies is very sound as a foundation.

      Hinton only gave his excessive worry after he left his job. There is no reason to suspect his motives.

      Lecun is the opposite side and believes the danger is in companies hoarding the technology. He is why the open community has gained so much traction.

      OpenAI are simultaneously being criticized for putting AI out for public use, as well a for not being open enough about the architecture, or allowing the public to actually have control of the state of AI developments. That being said they are leaning towards more authoritarian control from united governments and groups.

      I’m mostly geared towards yann lecun and being more open despite the risks, because there is more risk and harm from hindering development of or privatizing the growth of AI technology.

      The reality is that every single direction they try is heavily criticized because the general public has jumped onto a weird AI hate train.

      See artists still complaining about adobe AI regardless of the training data, and hating on the open model community despite giving power to the people who don’t want to join the adobe rent system.