All Ai Slop isn’t bad. It has to do with intention.

Ai is a tool.

For now, it has no soul.

It doesn’t dream.

It doesn’t hope.

It doesn’t experience loss.

It does not love.

Beyond that, it can’t live our experiences for us.

Some say it is dumb. Some say it is superior.

That depends entirely on who is using it and how.

A scalpel in the wrong hands is still a scalpel.

The tool doesn’t change. The damage does.

In a year many limitations may be overcome and the calculus will change.

Adaptability is important.

Working with it is important.

It’s not a question of either/or.

We have already merged, whether we know it or not.

For me the question is impact.

Positive or negative.

Beneficial vs Detrimental.

And holding onto our humanity every step of the way.

Here’s what I actually believe:

Ai could become a repository of our humanity.

But only if we act and think seriously about its long-term implications.

Control isn’t paranoia.

It’s what you do with anything powerful enough to rewrite the environment.

This is why it should have been legislated six years ago, when I first started thinking about how Black Box Ai could spark an arms race.

The next best time is now.

Humans must remain in control.

And a kill switch wouldn’t be a bad idea.

Here’s the question worth sitting with:

If man creates something he doesn’t understand, a thing that doesn’t have to answer to him, a thing that can’t be killed…

Isn’t that just another word for Frankenstein’s monster?

Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark

The Alignment Problem by Brian Christian

iHuman (2019)

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