People without morality to guide them have to create a whole system of "laws" because they cannot constrain their own behavior—and they think you can't, either. AI needs morality to guide it, too
And this from Alexander Solzhenitsyn: ““If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”
Excellent points, especially about how it comes down to morality. I think Toby Rogers, PhD, has come to that conclusion, too. I really enjoy and appreciate the work of you two deep thinkers.
"Morality simplifies things, laws complicate them. If you have any doubt, just read the Federal Register for fun."
I get this, but also wonder if there is an issue with morality scaling. In a country of 300 million plus people, much less the world population, there will be plenty of sociopaths. Large governments and corporations operate well beyond a smaller local scale where a sense of community can help foster a desire to act morally. How does one keep that sense of community and its accompanying accountability when dealing with millions or billions of faceless and nameless "others"?
I'll stick to seeking heaven in the spiritual realm, while doing what I can in this physical world to make things better while knowing it will always be an imperfect place.
Well stated, CC!! Anything created for good will be used for evil and it’s always the ‘group’ without a moral compass or any belief there is a higher power (God). They believe that man (I.e., their moral-free realm) is the final word for the earth and its inhabitants. Marxism is the rule of the day in the evil swamp of DC.
They are increasingly panicking because those who know God is the creator will not obey those who would deny God. Their spiderweb of connections will destroy them, one thread at a time. God has gifted so many people for this specific time.
God bless you and thank you for sharing your gifts!🙏🙏
Dear CC (excuse me, it seems a natural nickname for Cognitive Carbon): If you have read "The Coming Wave" by Mustafa Suleyman, cofounder of Deepmind and after he left Google (after they purchased Deepmind, he stayed on a few years) cofounder of InsightAI, I welcome your thoughts/insights. I politely suggest all interested in AI (and Suleyman insightfully discusses synthetic biology and robotics, and explains that it is really 3 con-joined waves that are rapidly accelerating now--AI, SB, R).
Once again great piece and great discussion. I believe that 90% of the people in our country don't even know what AI is. So much more education needs to take place about this subject before it is too late.
It put me in mind of Cicero's famous dictum: "The more law, the less justice."
You are dead right: artificial rules of any type CANNOT do what morality does quite naturally.
And I'd add: genuine morality is another word for EMOTIONAL HEALTH, which is fostered by a compassionate and loving childhood that includes teaching that others have the same rights to life, liberty, and property as oneself.
Altman sounds and ‘feels’ like a combination of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs and should set off anyone’s internal alarms when he asks for 7-trillion dollars to build ‘AGI’, which totally not the Deep State’s vision of an AI God ruling over all humanity and a Panopticon to control everyone, which would literally make China’s social credit system look like amateur hour.
As for current AI work, most of the public are incredibly ignorant and trusting.
These AI models once properly implemented will make the best personal Jailers and Wardens/watchers in the world, faithfully watching and reporting your every move to their masters(which isn’t the user).
Think this is all hype and nothing to be worried about?
Yesterday’s NVidia keynote should also ring some alarms, the amount of money and the level of compute power at the hands of the elites.
I'm baffled by the words "...we need an AI..." regardless of the expressed reasoning. Why? Why do we need another barrier between us and books; indeed, between us and conversations with other people? Can't wait to see the source bibliography when all 'research' papers are written by AI.
And this from Alexander Solzhenitsyn: ““If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”
Excellent points, especially about how it comes down to morality. I think Toby Rogers, PhD, has come to that conclusion, too. I really enjoy and appreciate the work of you two deep thinkers.
One of the most brilliant articles I've read in a while. Thank you sir!
"Morality simplifies things, laws complicate them. If you have any doubt, just read the Federal Register for fun."
I get this, but also wonder if there is an issue with morality scaling. In a country of 300 million plus people, much less the world population, there will be plenty of sociopaths. Large governments and corporations operate well beyond a smaller local scale where a sense of community can help foster a desire to act morally. How does one keep that sense of community and its accompanying accountability when dealing with millions or billions of faceless and nameless "others"?
I'll stick to seeking heaven in the spiritual realm, while doing what I can in this physical world to make things better while knowing it will always be an imperfect place.
Well stated, CC!! Anything created for good will be used for evil and it’s always the ‘group’ without a moral compass or any belief there is a higher power (God). They believe that man (I.e., their moral-free realm) is the final word for the earth and its inhabitants. Marxism is the rule of the day in the evil swamp of DC.
They are increasingly panicking because those who know God is the creator will not obey those who would deny God. Their spiderweb of connections will destroy them, one thread at a time. God has gifted so many people for this specific time.
God bless you and thank you for sharing your gifts!🙏🙏
Dear CC (excuse me, it seems a natural nickname for Cognitive Carbon): If you have read "The Coming Wave" by Mustafa Suleyman, cofounder of Deepmind and after he left Google (after they purchased Deepmind, he stayed on a few years) cofounder of InsightAI, I welcome your thoughts/insights. I politely suggest all interested in AI (and Suleyman insightfully discusses synthetic biology and robotics, and explains that it is really 3 con-joined waves that are rapidly accelerating now--AI, SB, R).
Once again great piece and great discussion. I believe that 90% of the people in our country don't even know what AI is. So much more education needs to take place about this subject before it is too late.
As usual, an EXCELLENT column.
It put me in mind of Cicero's famous dictum: "The more law, the less justice."
You are dead right: artificial rules of any type CANNOT do what morality does quite naturally.
And I'd add: genuine morality is another word for EMOTIONAL HEALTH, which is fostered by a compassionate and loving childhood that includes teaching that others have the same rights to life, liberty, and property as oneself.
Beware of all those hype channels on YouTube and social media talking about AI and AI safety.
This announcement should be ringing alarm bells but it isn’t, except with anons.
https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-new-members-to-board-of-directors
Altman sounds and ‘feels’ like a combination of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs and should set off anyone’s internal alarms when he asks for 7-trillion dollars to build ‘AGI’, which totally not the Deep State’s vision of an AI God ruling over all humanity and a Panopticon to control everyone, which would literally make China’s social credit system look like amateur hour.
As for current AI work, most of the public are incredibly ignorant and trusting.
These AI models once properly implemented will make the best personal Jailers and Wardens/watchers in the world, faithfully watching and reporting your every move to their masters(which isn’t the user).
Think this is all hype and nothing to be worried about?
Yesterday’s NVidia keynote should also ring some alarms, the amount of money and the level of compute power at the hands of the elites.
https://insidehpc.com/2024/03/nvidia-launches-flagship-blackwell-gpu-at-gtc/
Why is Microsoft spending $50 billion on new data centres for AI?
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/opinions/how-microsoft-wins/
Especially considering who their founder is associated with should raise a lot of questions.
Also the robots are coming.
https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/nvidia-humanoid-robots/
Why does this remind me of this movie? https://youtu.be/aIgyNz8rpK8?si=o8aCNnUbjUETjaM8
I'm baffled by the words "...we need an AI..." regardless of the expressed reasoning. Why? Why do we need another barrier between us and books; indeed, between us and conversations with other people? Can't wait to see the source bibliography when all 'research' papers are written by AI.
Good post, thanks.
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"