• thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    And this is it: Many of those “AI will be so smart that it can solve these problems for us!” arguments refer to problems where having a “smart” enough solution isn’t the problem… Getting people to care/notice/participate/get out of the way is.

    • MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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      4 months ago

      The great AI decrees that you must increase solar and wind subsidies! And pay no attention to the electrical engineer behind the curtain!

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        An intelligent entity told us to do it. Humanity: Nah

        An artificially intelligent entity told us to do it. Humanity: Well shit let’s get to work!

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        “AI, how do we solve traffic?”
        - “Build more trains.”
        “well our AI is clearly broken”