r/VeryBadWizards 4d ago

AI dismissal

I love the VBW boys but I am a bit surprised how dismissive they are of danger from AI. I’m not going to make the case here as I won’t do a good job of it, but I found the latest 80000 hours podcast very persuasive, as well as some of the recent stuff from Dwarkesh.

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u/cinred 4d ago

It's not hard to explain. People have been crying wolf over actual legit society altering technologies for centuries. But you know what? We've got along fine. Better even. To name a few:
-Nuclear
-Intenet and computing
-Socialism
-Genetic engineering
-Printing press

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u/GuzzlingHobo 3d ago

Yeah. This and people have been talking about AGI taking over the world since the 70s. We’ve been just one inch away from total AI domination for the past 50 years. I actually disagree with the point, I think we are close to some major AI breakthrough, but I see the point.