Baldur BjarnasonApr 3, 2023

You can see what the “let’s pause new AI work because AI is too dangerous” letter is for when you look at mainstream and local news coverage. It’s all about hypothetical harms by theoretical future products. It’s sucked all of the oxygen out of the room for discussion on current harms by existing tech.

(Local news here in Iceland fell especially hard for this nonsense.)

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@baldur my dad brought it up at dinner and he seemed to think it was important and credible because Musk signed off on it lol
Apr 3, 2023 at 5:06pmWeb
Show threadBaldur BjarnasonApr 3, 2023
@rainbowflamingo I got the opposite response from both my parents. They mentioned the letter, said that the letter sounded reasonable, but assumed that it must be bullshit because Musk signed it 😆
Show threadLApr 3, 2023
@baldur your parents sound cool 
Show threadBaldur BjarnasonApr 3, 2023
@rainbowflamingo They have their moments.