ABoxOfNeurons

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[–] ABoxOfNeurons@lemmy.one 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That assumes that the classes of problems that AI's can solve remains stagnant. I don't think that's a good assumption, especially given that GPT4 can already self-review and refine its output.

[–] ABoxOfNeurons@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I see both sides.

They're probably going to completely (and intentionally) collapse the labor market. This has never happened before, so there is no historical prescedent to look at. The closest thing we have was the industrial revolution, but even that was less disruptive because it also created a lot of new factory jobs. This doesn't.

The public hope is that this catastrophic widening of the gap between the rich and poor will force labor to organize and take some of the gains through legislation as an altenative to starving in the streets. Given that the technology will also make coercing people to work mostly pointless, there may not be as much pressure against it as there historically has been. Altman seems to be publically thinking in this direction, given the early basic income research and the profit cap for OAI. I can't pretend to know his private thoughts, but most people with any shred of empathy would be pushing for that in his shoes.

Of course, if this fails, we could also be headed for a permanent, robotically-enforced nightmare dystopia, which is a genuine concern. There doesn't seem to be much middle-ground, and the train has no brakes.

The IP theft angle from the end of the article seems like a pointless distraction though. All human knowledge and innovation is based on what came before, whether AI is involved or not. By all accounts, the remixing process it applies is both mechanically and functionally similar to the remixing process that a new generation of artists applies to its forebears, and I've not seen any evidence that they are fundamentally different enough to qualify as theft, except in the normal Picasso sense.

Interesting times.

[–] ABoxOfNeurons@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

Somehow the same artist:

[–] ABoxOfNeurons@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

Genuine question: Based on what? GPT4 was a huge improvement on GPT3, and came out like three months ago.

[–] ABoxOfNeurons@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I seriously doubt this technology will pass by without a complete collapse of the labor market. What happens after is pretty much a complete unknown.

[–] ABoxOfNeurons@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago (14 children)

I don't know exactly where to start here, because anyone who claims to know the shape of the next decade is kidding themself.

Broadly:

AI will decocratize creation. If technology continues on the same pace that it has for the last few years, we will soon start to see movies and TV with hollywood-style production values being made by individual people and small teams. The same will go for video games. It's certainly disruptive, but I seriously doubt we will want to go back once it happens. To use the article's examples, most people prefer a world with street view and Uber to one without them.

The same goes for engineering.

[–] ABoxOfNeurons@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

I was trying to figure out wtf you were doing with Doris" ashes until I saw the community.

[–] ABoxOfNeurons@lemmy.one 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Skyrim together, if you're particularly into jank.

[–] ABoxOfNeurons@lemmy.one 18 points 2 years ago

This is a great example of why downvotes are so important.

[–] ABoxOfNeurons@lemmy.one 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

He's doing a good job in one sense. By causing total systemic collapse with policy choices in FL, he's demonstrating how terrible Republican ideas are in practice. The party can no longer hide behind "Democrats won't let us enact these changes," and now has to change tack to "ignore your lying eyes."

I hope more voters take the time to look out the window before making their next choice.

[–] ABoxOfNeurons@lemmy.one 6 points 2 years ago

You may have the best luck starting with instances that are widely defederated. Insisting that trans experience is invalid is not considered acceptable in most communities, and instances that accept it are generally siloed.

I sincerely recommend listening to a trans person speak about their experience though. The best way to avoid getting removed from places for hate speech is to stop hating people.

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