There's little that's "inevitable" about AI | deadSimpleTech
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The glib response here would be to say that no technology is ever inevitable and that everything is contingent. This has the advantages of being technically true and sounding wise, but unfortunately technologies very much exist that a reasonable person might well label that way. Firearms are a good example of the latter case: once they've been developed, you quite quickly hit the situation where if you want to maintain your independence and safety in a society, you have to either use one or have one used on your behalf: no other options really work.
  • pulsewidth@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    28 days ago

    Well-argued and clearly articulated essay, agree with a lot of it. I appreciate the author’s ability to categorize their thinking into schemas and distill historical parallels, AI as chemical weapons is a good analogy.

    The writer could do with an editor though, noted several grammatical mistakes (repeat words, “LLMs fall into the same category as LLMs” etc) that detracted somewhat, but overall great.