"There is undoubtedly anger at out-of-touch billionaires ... I think [most people are] more likely to understand AI as an extension of an already inequitable system, and as an accelerant of that inequality.": So when do most people finally DO something about it? At minimum, when do they stop reviling every proposal to strip those billionaires of some of their ill-gotten gains or to steer government toward serving ordinary people as "SOCIALISM!!!"? Because even many people who wouldn't call themselves "conservative" do that. They keep voting for "centrists" and "moderates" who are barely, if any, less dedicated to serving moneyed interests than avowed "conservatives" are. If insanity is "doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result", then many Americans are insane.
It would be nice to be hopeful - it really would. However, I've been watching this mass folly for over half a century now. Will "AI" provoke sufficient fury that this rotten system finally gets routed out? The oligarchs and their lackeys - people like Ms. Caulfield - most certainly have it coming to them, as their utter contempt for most of their compatriots (and indeed most of their conspecifics) has never been more naked. But I won't be surprised if most Americans just keep knuckling under, as they've been doing for so long.
Wait till the economic fallout from Trump's war on Iran -- $10 gasoline, 10% inflation, 10% unemployment -- combines with the populist backlash against AI and the billionaire tech bros. We may have a pre-revolutionary situation in these US of A by next October. Sam Altman and his ilk might want to change identities and relocate to another country....
I imagine most people will only want to take action when they see severe effects in their everyday lives. There would have to be a catastropic economic crisis imo.
The thing that stands out about the commencement video is how genuinely surprised she was at the backlash towards what she said, like I really don't think she was expecting that. It goes to the point that, in addition to the economic bubble around AI, there is this other 'social' bubble, where people like this woman have so totally absorbed the "red pill" or whatever you want to call it that they simply can't believe there are real people out there who don't share their thoughts on AI. And her and her ilk are in for a very rude awakening!
This might be my own poor phrasing, but I chose the term AI populism *because* I wanted to present the new AI backlash as an extension of existing populist sentiment. I explicitly would not characterize most xrisky doomers as AI populists & would not lump them together — most MIRI types are focused on the technical (big model scary) vs the political characteristics (concentration of power scary).
How many of those students booing used ChatGPT (or other programs) to "help" them study and write papers, etc.? How many have allowed AI to think for them or to do simple tasks? There are many ways AI encroaches on our lives that we can't do much about at this time, but not using the "tools" is one way to resist.
"There is undoubtedly anger at out-of-touch billionaires ... I think [most people are] more likely to understand AI as an extension of an already inequitable system, and as an accelerant of that inequality.": So when do most people finally DO something about it? At minimum, when do they stop reviling every proposal to strip those billionaires of some of their ill-gotten gains or to steer government toward serving ordinary people as "SOCIALISM!!!"? Because even many people who wouldn't call themselves "conservative" do that. They keep voting for "centrists" and "moderates" who are barely, if any, less dedicated to serving moneyed interests than avowed "conservatives" are. If insanity is "doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result", then many Americans are insane.
It would be nice to be hopeful - it really would. However, I've been watching this mass folly for over half a century now. Will "AI" provoke sufficient fury that this rotten system finally gets routed out? The oligarchs and their lackeys - people like Ms. Caulfield - most certainly have it coming to them, as their utter contempt for most of their compatriots (and indeed most of their conspecifics) has never been more naked. But I won't be surprised if most Americans just keep knuckling under, as they've been doing for so long.
Wait till the economic fallout from Trump's war on Iran -- $10 gasoline, 10% inflation, 10% unemployment -- combines with the populist backlash against AI and the billionaire tech bros. We may have a pre-revolutionary situation in these US of A by next October. Sam Altman and his ilk might want to change identities and relocate to another country....
I imagine most people will only want to take action when they see severe effects in their everyday lives. There would have to be a catastropic economic crisis imo.
The thing that stands out about the commencement video is how genuinely surprised she was at the backlash towards what she said, like I really don't think she was expecting that. It goes to the point that, in addition to the economic bubble around AI, there is this other 'social' bubble, where people like this woman have so totally absorbed the "red pill" or whatever you want to call it that they simply can't believe there are real people out there who don't share their thoughts on AI. And her and her ilk are in for a very rude awakening!
This might be my own poor phrasing, but I chose the term AI populism *because* I wanted to present the new AI backlash as an extension of existing populist sentiment. I explicitly would not characterize most xrisky doomers as AI populists & would not lump them together — most MIRI types are focused on the technical (big model scary) vs the political characteristics (concentration of power scary).
How many of those students booing used ChatGPT (or other programs) to "help" them study and write papers, etc.? How many have allowed AI to think for them or to do simple tasks? There are many ways AI encroaches on our lives that we can't do much about at this time, but not using the "tools" is one way to resist.
The correct link to the students booing the mention of the "AI is the next industrial revolution" (at 1:21:10): https://youtu.be/zwYkHS8jvSE?t=4870
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我也不太喜欢AI populism的说法