MissConstrueY'all, this article by Owen McGrann is so good that I am struggling not to quote the entire thing like one of those weird youtubers that stands in the corner of someone else's video and points. (Such an odd ouroboros.)
His philosophical points are well grounded, exquisitely argued, and provide that pleasurable tingle of neurons firing.
His premise is that akin to what #AI #slop has done to the internet, i.e. #deadInternet theory, they are poised to do to the #economy if we don't stop them. #DeadEconomy Theory, he names it.
Quote: #Longtermism, the philosophical engine of AI acceleration, whether its proponents acknowledge it or not, is warmed-over Parfit without the rigor. The argument (that we should optimize for the welfare of trillions of hypothetical future beings, and that present-day costs are acceptable in service of that goal) is a framework any competent ethicist can dismantle in an afternoon.
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