AI
Is the AI Apocalypse Inevitable?
- Two most probable paths: dystopia (centralized by powerful actors), chaos (decentralized and unregulated)
- We’re doing this because people think it’s inevitable
- Looking away from the downsides doesn’t stop them from happening
- We’ve done this before (above-ground nuclear testing, ozone hole)
- To change we have to (1) agree the current path is unacceptable, (2) commit to find another path under different incentives, with discernment and foresight, where power is matched with responsibility.
- Example steps… access restriction for kids, developer liability, stronger whistleblower protection, better knowledge of privacy implications
ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT Study
Caveat (even called out in the article) — this hasn’t undergone peer-review and the sample size isn’t very high. I, too, am concerned about cognitive offloading where we rely on some external tool to do the thinking for us. Although I’m a regular user of AI tools, I assume the output is insufficient/incorrect until I review it.