“But who was learning, you or the machine?”

“Well, I suppose we both were”

Amazing book 🔥🤓

#TheAlignmentProblem #Learning #ResponsibleAI

The Alignment Problem by Brian Christian 📚 https://micro.blog/books/9781786494320

One of the maddening things about reading #BrianChristian’s #TheAlignmentProblem is that it assumes creating systems without firm use cases—“general” AI—is inevitable and desirable. It never questions assumptions of who is doing this work, why, and for whose benefit.

A book that talks in a positive way about narrowly scoped systems which multiply human potential while preserving values is needed. A kind of “Understanding Computers and Cognition” focused on today’s technology.

So much for “transcendance”. #BrianChristian #TheAlignmentProblem

https://www.ft.com/content/175e5314-a7f7-4741-a786-273219f433a1

Oh man #BrianChristian’s #TheAlignmentProblem is treating #WilliamMacAskill and the whole EA/Longtermer cult seriously on pp 235-36. This is after opening shots with a #NickBostrom quote on p 223.

Sigh.

Let’s see if he ever gets to the eugenics & racism.