Especially in regards to the nonsense that transformers LLMs will somehow lead to AGI. That’s fiction, sold by con artists like Altman. That bubble is going to pop.
Meanwhile, algorithmic engagement optimization is basically the root of the world’s problems right now.
I’m interested in reading your thoughts about it. Here are mine, in the best english I can muster.
I’m not saying AI is harmless. I’m saying social media has already demonstrated a more immediate and widespread ability to destabilize society. It has transformed how billions of people consume information, created echo chambers, rewarded outrage, accelerated misinformation, increase polarization, and eroded trust in shared facts. Again, AI may eventually become more dangerous, but social media has already created the enviroment in which those dangers can spread. If you think as AI as a weapon, then social media is the distribution system, and we as a society have already given that distribution system to billions of people.
Social media is a much bigger and dangerous threat to mankind than AI will ever be.
I’d say they’re in the same tier. It will take time to determine which is worse.
+1
Especially in regards to the nonsense that transformers LLMs will somehow lead to AGI. That’s fiction, sold by con artists like Altman. That bubble is going to pop.
Meanwhile, algorithmic engagement optimization is basically the root of the world’s problems right now.
This is an extremely dangerous misconception.
I’m interested in reading your thoughts about it. Here are mine, in the best english I can muster.
I’m not saying AI is harmless. I’m saying social media has already demonstrated a more immediate and widespread ability to destabilize society. It has transformed how billions of people consume information, created echo chambers, rewarded outrage, accelerated misinformation, increase polarization, and eroded trust in shared facts. Again, AI may eventually become more dangerous, but social media has already created the enviroment in which those dangers can spread. If you think as AI as a weapon, then social media is the distribution system, and we as a society have already given that distribution system to billions of people.