Communique for #BlackMastodon and Black folk only:
(White folk can listen too if they want, but this conversation is not for them).
The people telling you to be very afraid of Artificial General Intelligence don't know what they're talking about. Remember, their last big predictions were:
* Monkey jpegs are now money. Buy crypto.
* Elon will be great for Twitter
* Listening to VCs talk on Clubhouse is the next big social network
* Adam Neuman is a genius, and we should give him more money
These people are very very rich, not very very smart. The track record of their judgment speaks for itself.
There are very real, very serious, risks from Machine Learning in general, but they are not the risks that these delusional dudes are talking about.
The real risks are not "coming in the near future." They are here with us today, and they affect systems that impact marginalized communities the most.
Most of the experts on the real risks are from marginalized communities.
@mekkaokereke >>There are very real, very serious, risks from Machine Learning in general, but they are not the risks that these delusional dudes are talking about.<<
This was going to be my only comment when i saw that first post. That there are things to fear from AI but just not things like a cyberwar in 2029 with autonomous robotic soldiers ala Terminator 2. More like AI stealing all your art styles w/no attribution or compensation for one.
mekka okereke 
wolfkin