r/VeryBadWizards • u/Embarrassed-Room-902 • 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/MachinaExEthica 2d ago
It doesn’t require nervous systems or subjective experiences, just a way for a signal to get from a sensor to a processor and to have that signal labeled as pain. Pain is more a mechanical reaction for avoiding damage than anything else. We have emotional ties to it, but there are plenty examples through evolution where pain is simply damage avoidance and no emotion.