Eat The Rich!

Eat The Rich!

KS- Moved a conversation in Mod Thread about taxing the wealthy.

I don’t think you guys understand how numbers work.

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26 May 2024 at 03:26 PM
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by Tien

This all so powerful Chat GPT was made free and public for everyone to use. So evidence is showing us this technology is not in fact being more and more concentrated in the hands of the tiny.In the future, if there is an AI software so powerful that it can manage money better than index funds, do your taxes, help you run your business.... Guess what, it will probably be availab

Crazy post ignoring the different uses of AI between private individuals on their laptops at home and government bodies inc. the miliary and police/surveillance.


by Luciom

Remember what an AGI can do:2) crack most if not all encryption standards worldwide unlikely3) develop close to infinite (compared to the amount humans have access to currently) energy sources unlikely4) develop tools to change human DNA extensively toward any outcome the utilizer might desire Yes that's what we're worried about 5) easily develop an airborne ebola-lile disease

Strength of AI isn't the processor power so 2) isn't happening without quantum-level machine power.


by jalfrezi

Strength of AI isn't the processor power so 2) isn't happening without quantum-level machine power.

the idea is AGI will be able to tell you how to build a quantum pc like human research would maybe be able to in 100 year, but in 5 min. And give you a jump of decades of moore law per day in chip design as well. Including all tools tech to make that.

Remember it's better than the best human ever was at researching *anything* (and gets better every day) and you can have a team of millions of them.

Same for energy, think what humans will be able to do to generate energy in 2100; then think 2200; then think 2500.

If AGI appears today, in one week it has 2100 tech, in 2 weeks 2200, in a month 2500 (or something like that).

Even with already developed technology just think 100 years ahead in solar, nuclear and so on, now think you improve a century of worldwide human research every week (or month), only physical limits will be the limit basically


by Luciom

the idea is AGI will be able to tell you how to build a quantum pc like human research would maybe be able to in 100 year, but in 5 min. And give you a jump of decades of moore law per day in chip design as well. Including all tools tech to make that.Remember it's better than the best human ever was at researching *anything* (and gets better every day) and you can have a team o

You're assuming real quantum computing is achievable; same with orders of magnitude leaps in chip design.


by jalfrezi

No. Don’t project your own failure to see the big picture onto other people as their imagination. That’s gaslighting.

The doom and gloom prediction grave yard is gigantic.


by chezlaw

inequality, the rise of the far right, climate change

Not concerned about any of these. Maybe climate change a little bit.

If you hang around enough in echo chambers, a lot of these issues are blown up in your conscious.


by Tien

The doom and gloom prediction grave yard is gigantic.

jfc. It's dwarfed by the everything's going to work out fine prediction graveyard.


by Tien

Not concerned about any of these. Maybe climate change a little bit.

If you hang around enough in echo chambers, a lot of these issues are blown up in your conscious.

They're obviously real. Whether you're bothered is down to you


by jalfrezi

You're assuming real quantum computing is achievable; same with orders of magnitude leaps in chip design.

It will take AI 5 min to develop the best piece of technology ever imagined


by Tien

Not concerned about any of these. Maybe climate change a little bit.

If you hang around enough in echo chambers, a lot of these issues are blown up in your conscious.

In polls something like 40% of americans declare they think climate change is going to cause *humanity exctinction*.

You know it's a religion because of stuff like that.


by PointlessWords

It will take AI 5 min to develop the best piece of technology ever imagined

That's circular. The type of AI that can design that in 5 minutes will need the platform to run on that it's trying to design.


by Luciom

In polls something like 40% of americans declare they think climate change is going to cause *humanity exctinction*.

You know it's a religion because of stuff like that.

Only because someone probably contorted a segment of the Bible to make them believe that, otherwise it's head in sand time and God will save us.

I mean, quite a few of those people think that humans co-existed with dinosaurs.


by jalfrezi

Only because someone probably contorted a segment of the Bible to make them believe that, otherwise it's head in sand time and God will save us.

I mean, quite a few of those people think that humans co-existed with dinosaurs.

God flooded the earth once before because it got too corrupt, so it's plausible he'd do it again thanks to the Biden and Pelosi families.


by jalfrezi

That's circular. The type of AI that can design that in 5 minutes will need the platform to run on that it's trying to design.

No it won’t work that way. You don’t understand that AI can make its own tools and upgrade itself.


by jalfrezi

Only because someone probably contorted a segment of the Bible to make them believe that, otherwise it's head in sand time and God will save us.

I mean, quite a few of those people think that humans co-existed with dinosaurs.

Who is further from the truth in quantitative probabilistic assessment, somebody denying anthropogenic climate change will have any effect on humanity or someone claiming it will kill every one of us? Who is objectively wrong more? Who is more anti science?


by campfirewest

God flooded the earth once before because it got too corrupt, so it's plausible he'd do it again thanks to the Biden and Pelosi families.

Man the people claiming climate change will kill every human being are democrat voters


by jalfrezi

How the hell is a personal attack bullying another poster like this allowed when people get temp bans for calling tens of thousands of planned deaths a ********?

You made this post a whole 9 minutes after the post you're complaining about was made. You think that because a mod didn't delete a post in less than 9 minutes, it's been judged allowable? Is it fair for me to assume that if you take more than 9 minutes to respond to an argument, you must agree with it?

We don't read every thread every day, much less every post. You can complain about this with posts like the above, but that's not actually helpful, nor will it generally reflect reality. Also, certain threads are modded differently than others when their nature leads them to getting out of control.


by PointlessWords

No it won’t work that way. You don’t understand that AI can make its own tools and upgrade itself.

Maybe I don't but it's a fashionable and exciting topic that everyone claims to be an expert in.

Is there evidence that AGI is achievable using current technology with upgrades rather than leaps?



Sorry it was 40% of democrat voters thinking it's somewhat or very likely


https://today.yougov.com/society/article...

48% that NO LIFE CAN SURVIVE ON EARTH because of anthropogenic climate change.

A millenarian religion


by ganstaman

You made this post a whole 9 minutes after the post you're complaining about was made. You think that because a mod didn't delete a post in less than 9 minutes, it's been judged allowable? Is it fair for me to assume that if you take more than 9 minutes to respond to an argument, you must agree with it?We don't read every thread every day, much less every post. You can complain

Sorry about that. I came into this thread from a highly moderated thread and lost my bearings somewhat.


by jalfrezi

Maybe I don't but it's a fashionable and exciting topic that everyone claims to be an expert in.

Is there evidence that AGI is achievable using current technology with upgrades rather than leaps?

We have no way to assess that claim in non intuitive for.

We don't have a "how to achieve AGI" guide, we don't even have a precise model of how our intelligence works.

But we were talking "what if we get it", with a definition for AGI


by Luciom

Sorry it was 40% of democrat voters thinking it's somewhat or very likely

48% that NO LIFE CAN SURVIVE ON EARTH because of anthropogenic climate change.

A millenarian religion

When it comes to potentially life endangering events I'd rather people erred on the side of risk aversity because it makes remedial action more likely.


by Luciom

We have no way to assess that claim in non intuitive for.

We don't have a "how to achieve AGI" guide, we don't even have a precise model of how our intelligence works.

But we were talking "what if we get it", with a definition for AGI

Ok, so no one knows.

As I suspected. Believe the people who display doubt about the future before those who show absolute certainty.


by jalfrezi

Ok, so no one knows.

As I suspected. Believe the people who display doubt before those who show absolute certainty.

We have no clue how to reach AGI but we can discuss fairly well what would happen if we did actually.

Same as we don't know how to cure all cancer but we can discuss rationally what would happen to society if we were able to, depending on definition and costs.

I imagine you could have a decent working model of what would happen to society if perfect (working 100% of the times) cure of cancer developed and costed 1k USD once, and another fairly different one if it costed 100k/year (delaying all cancer effects, but resuming cancer if interrupted).

For example we could all agree all defined benefit pension systems would immediately collapse if not reformed extensively, and will very probably be untenable anyway. See this doesn't require any idea HOW to cure cancer.


When an ape sees the rainforest they see trouble and an austere environment

When a human sees the rainforest we see all the medicines and new discoveries we can use to help humanity

When A.I. first opens its eyes, it will see tools that we didn’t know existed, tools that are too complicated/advanced for humans to understand

I can only hope aliens or a dormant A.I. from before will save us from our creation

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