Method Over Machine
NOT an AI Episode…
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So much of this just isn’t about AI.
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We can imagine that computational power means getting everything right, but it simply may not.
It isn’t even about training, at least in terms of data volume.
It’s about how method can emerge from and be injected into the spaces where all this operates.
Despite this being a certain sideswipe at those who want to make big juicy AI systems at high cost, there really is a nod to the developers who make AI and propel it forward. It’s not easy, and I respect their ingenuity and forward-thinking attitude, as well as hard work.
However, I believe in, rather than moratoria, permanently implemented checking effects on whether the most ethical, most efficient, most effective methods are being employed at whatever level of technology may be emergent.
This is probably even more important with smart machines than with other things. Considerations upon such as basic philosophical implications, and including detailed technical or social ones, of developments there will allow us to orient ourselves toward…well, not the bad timeline.
Or maybe even the good one.
