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Nearly 200 Economists and Tech Leaders Warn of A.I. Threats (www.nytimes.com)
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A letter calls for policymakers to do more to understand and respond to potential disruptions from artificial intelligence.

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[–] kayazere@feddit.nl 14 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I’m skeptical when AI leaders and big tech are behind it. They want to be part of the discussion to make sure their AI business remains protected and becomes cemented as one of the few solutions allowed to operate.

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Have you actually read their statement? It's rather short. https://www.wemustactnow.ai/

  1. AI may become radically more powerful over the next 10 years.

  2. This could drive an unprecedented transformation of our economy, larger than the Industrial Revolution, but unfolding over a vastly shorter time frame. It could bring risks, including large-scale job displacement, as well as opportunities such as major gains in living standards.

  3. Economists, policymakers and technology leaders must act now to understand the economics of transformative AI and to build the incentives, guardrails, and institutions needed to steer AI in a direction that complements humans and benefits society.

[–] kayazere@feddit.nl 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

None of that questions if we should be building AI in the first place.

Who stands to benefit when AI is developed and has massive consequences on society? I think it is mainly capitalists and global elite benefiting and society losing out.

Also no mention of the environmental destruction that is needed to build and run AI.

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