Daniel Dennett: 'Why civilisation is more fragile than we realised'(bbc.com)
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Daniel Dennett: 'Why civilisation is more fragile than we realised'
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240422-philosopher-daniel-dennett-artificial-intelligence-consciousness-counterfeit-people
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Dennett was a great thinker. He's absolutely right that natural selection of AI software over time will increase its potency and danger. Every AI skeptic should read this article as it clearly lays out one of the dangerous paths we're on.
The brain in a vat is a recent trope; for the Enlightenment variation see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_demon
[for multiplicity of social truths, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Grove (1922)]
[for multiplicity of social truths, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Grove (1922)]
I’m far more concerned about the old dangers than the new ones.
This is a thought terminating cliche.
At the start of WWII almost everyone was worried about the old dangers and hiding behind battle lines on a map, only to be flattened by high speed mechanized warfare.
The old dangers never go away, we just keep upping the ante by adding new dangers on top of it.
At the start of WWII almost everyone was worried about the old dangers and hiding behind battle lines on a map, only to be flattened by high speed mechanized warfare.
The old dangers never go away, we just keep upping the ante by adding new dangers on top of it.
It is also a thought catalyzing statement, or could be at least...it is in no small part a function of culture and school curriculum.
the western monotheist (hence monarchical andor presidential) systems are not civilization. sorry I must say this.
why? in a modern state the powers are split in 3, I'm saying the executive power is not all the power. recall there are the judicial power and the legislature, those are parts of civilization which do not rely nor in any way depend on the monotheistic ideologies and frames of mind. leadership is not representation.
why? in a modern state the powers are split in 3, I'm saying the executive power is not all the power. recall there are the judicial power and the legislature, those are parts of civilization which do not rely nor in any way depend on the monotheistic ideologies and frames of mind. leadership is not representation.
And in a darker side, I see new cults and social movements being shepherded by unknown malicious individuals and state actors. While Roger Ailes lacked AI content generation and robot sockpuppets for the malicious manufacturing of gradual sentiment manipulation of a populace, it is reasonable to assume there is far greater potential for masses of ignorant people lacking in knowledge and education are now more vulnerable than ever to being tricked into committing ever greater heinous acts.
There are already international enslaved scammer boiler rooms targeting American gig economy providers and customers such as the case of the elderly man who murdered an Uber driver, but adding AI just automates the process.