Longtermism poses a real threat to humanity

https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2023/08/longtermism-threat-humanity

“AI researchers such as Timnit Gebru affirm that longtermism is everywhere in Silicon Valley. The current race to create advanced AI by companies like OpenAI and DeepMind is driven in part by the longtermist ideology. Longtermists believe that if we create a “friendly” AI, it will solve all our problems and usher in a utopia, but if the AI is “misaligned”, it will destroy humanity…”

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  • anachronist@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    It sounds good on its face but it really goes off the skids the moment you listen to what any “long termer” actually believes. Basically it’s a libertarian asshole ideology that lets them discount any human misery they may cause because they’re thinking about theoretical future people who don’t exist.