Glad I'm not the only one worried about this. I spent a bit of my early career on this type of tech. At first I thought it was really cool and joked with my coworkers about building skynet. Eventually I realized no amount of coolness or money was worth putting my talents to building things that are obviously meant for destruction.
Sure they're tools and can be tools for peace in the right hands. But in the wrong hands, they can do immense damage. Perhaps one of the things that's kept humanity around is that despite the psychopaths in our midst who might not care if they destroyed every other human being, there are others whose conscience would get in the way.
This type of technology, in the hands of the wrong psychopath might mean the end of us. Despite the BS marketing behind AI, NO it is not sentient, it's a bunch of optimization algorithms. Not Good, Not Evil.
I realize that someone will build it. That, is an inevitability. Just know that it doesn't have to be me.
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I wouldn't define myself a pacifist, but given the almost limitless choice of industries where you can work with a tech degree, why work in one I might be uncomrfortable with ?
Just stay away from industries benefitting from production of nuts&bolts?
That ones work might be re-purposed for nefarious purposes is not an argument against attempting to avoid industries where nefarious use is the purpose of the work.
"That ones work might be re-purposed for nefarious purposes is not an argument against attempting to avoid industries where nefarious use is the purpose of the work."
I think there's a centrally misguided notion in this thread that AI for autonomous weapons is somehow more dangerous than AI. I don't see that as the case at all. Successful AI can be instantly weaponized with little to no effort.
So to the extent that the parent comment is rejecting AI as an industry (not just autonomous weapons AI), I have to wonder: where can one work to avoid an industry that won't heartily embrace AI as soon as its cost effective?
Sure they're tools and can be tools for peace in the right hands. But in the wrong hands, they can do immense damage. Perhaps one of the things that's kept humanity around is that despite the psychopaths in our midst who might not care if they destroyed every other human being, there are others whose conscience would get in the way.
This type of technology, in the hands of the wrong psychopath might mean the end of us. Despite the BS marketing behind AI, NO it is not sentient, it's a bunch of optimization algorithms. Not Good, Not Evil.
I realize that someone will build it. That, is an inevitability. Just know that it doesn't have to be me.
(Before you write comments on my hanlde please read my profile, it has more to do with Hip Hop than violence)