undefined | Better HN

0 pointspixl973y ago0 comments

It's almost as if you didn't parse most of my reply.

Again, if we are close to AGI every single one of your past ideas on how technology should behave is outdated and done for.

I didn't say we were going to get AGI, and I said it's completely possible we are going plateau out. But if we create general intelligence it will be as if we have created fire, or the wheel, it will present a profound and drastic change in technological capabilities that it will reshape all of humanity.

0 comments

3 comments · 1 top-level

surgical_fire3y ago· 2 in thread

> if we are close to AGI

Eh, I think AGI is still science fiction

pixl97OP3y ago

So is a computer program that you can speak to and that determines your intent... except we actually have those now.

The real question I have is 1) how close are we to human replacement AGI levels, and 2) even if we don't get full AGI, how much of a societal shakeup is going to occur with what we have.

We are already at the point of digital development that the argument of "We dont have AGI" is mostly meaningless. We need to have discussions at a societal and legal level on what we're going to do to prepare our lives for it occurring sooner than later to avoid catastrophic consequences.

surgical_fire3y ago

> The real question I have is 1) how close are we to human replacement AGI levels, and 2) even if we don't get full AGI, how much of a societal shakeup is going to occur with what we have.

We have been replacing humans for a long time, with animals, machines, computing, robotics and now some limited AI.

I can't answer about how much of a shakeup it will be. I fully expect the world to get worse as time passes. Enjoy things while they last.

> We are already at the point of digital development that the argument of "We dont have AGI" is mostly meaningless. We need to have discussions at a societal and legal level on what we're going to do to prepare our lives for it occurring sooner than later to avoid catastrophic consequences.

I agree with discussions on societal and legal level to reduce impact of technology on humans, but I fully expect those discussions to go nowhere and catastrophic consequences happening either way.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse