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0 pointsconsteval1y ago0 comments

This doesn't mean it's good or even fine. The world also had a holocaust, and we moved on. But it would've been preferable to not have a holocaust.

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scotty791y ago· 2 in thread

You are right. Even if I think elections don't matter there was one instance where it happened and the outcome actually mattered. The Brexit vote. But even there I don't think it's a huge difference if politicians are lying themselves or they do it with the use of AI. As long as it's an open technology the game is still fair.

constevalOP1y ago

> As long as it's an open technology the game is still fair.

I don't necessarily agree because money has a lot to do with it. In theory, anyone can use AI for evil. In practice, only the richest can inflict damage. It's a matter of scale.

That's why me killing someone is pretty bad, but me building a Nuclear Warhead is much worse. Luckily I don't have the power to build a Nuclear Warhead. Now anybody with enough money has the tech to just make one.

scotty791y ago

> In practice, only the richest can inflict damage. It's a matter of scale.

That's always been true for every technology ever. Even nuclear warheads you mentioned. They are not controlled by poor people. Even hacking that was seen as sort of equalizer is way more dangerous in hands of states that can hire whole armies of hackers.

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