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AI staff 'genuinely frightened' for humanity's future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC (www.bbc.com)
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I'm not an AI techie and I'm not well educated on LLMs/AI in general. The issue I'm having is the dichotomy between how people talk about it. I've heard completely opposite ends of the spectrum. From AI is quickly becoming advanced enough to threaten human society, all the way to its a glorified dictionary/search engine that can't really do much of anything. I know Lemmy has a steep anti-AI slant. But, can someone talk about this in a way I can wrap my head around why the divide seems so big?

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[–] 27 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I'm not worried about AGI. I'm worried about the insane military applications they're developing right now, and giving Artificial Incompetence control.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago

    I watched a grokbot get confused connect to the wrong vnc console and try to shut down its own little computer.

    I’m not worried about AI taking over the planet. I’m worried about it clicking the wrong button with no oversight

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Same, I am worried about humans using ANNs to kill people. Current society is a gigantic apparatus that is constantly shifting shuffling responsibility around. LMMs only accelerate the problem.

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