diff --git a/src/content/blog/drafts/ai-is-not-the-threat-corporations-are.md b/src/content/blog/drafts/ai-is-not-the-threat-corporations-are.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..764a4dd --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/blog/drafts/ai-is-not-the-threat-corporations-are.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +--- +title: Humanity faces an existential threat +description: Humanity faces an existential threat right now. A lot has been made of predictions that there is a 10% chance that humanity could be wiped out in 10 years by AI. I'm not worried. We have been doing a pretty good job of annihilating and immiserating ourselves without AI. +--- + +- There are some predictions about AI threats + - See the 10% in 10 years tweet. + - The mechanism isn't all that clear. +- This is not a technology problem, it's a human problem. +- Corporations are like a slow AI. + - The key is that they are a system complex enough to operate on it's own without any human actually overseeing it. + - Executives claim no knowledge, but they encourage workers to push boundaries. They assume they have the blessing of their board and their job depends on hitting those targets. + - Directors pursue aggressive targets but expect to stop short of harm and law breaking. They assume they have the blessing of leadership and their job depends on hitting the targets. + - ICs cut corners and break laws assuming they will have the blessing of leadership and their job depends on it. + - The board encourages the executives to make things happen and focuses on the metrics and targets. + - Corporations are perfectly capable of causing harm to the world already. + - Tobacco + - Oil + - Chemical companies + - Whaling + - Factory farming +- The actual threat of AI is in how we use it, not what we do. + - Someone has to give it resources + - Someone has to turn it on + - Someone has to look the other way when it starts misbehaving + - Someone has to ignore the warning signs + - AI won't kill humans, corporations will. +- Who can stop it? + - People can demand more + - Governments can put in regulation + - Governments can break up the monopolies.