I’m reminded of the apocryphal Ghandi quote “first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” It seems like the general zeitgeist is in between the laugh/fight stages for AI right now.
It’s just too scary to acknowledge. Same thing with aliens. They’re both horrifying literally beyond imagination, and both for the same reason, and so it’s more natural to avoid acknowledging it.
Everything we’ve ever known is a house of cards and it’s terrifying to bring that to awareness.
I’m reminded of the apocryphal Ghandi quote “first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” It seems like the general zeitgeist is in between the laugh/fight stages for AI right now.
It’s just too scary to acknowledge. Same thing with aliens. They’re both horrifying literally beyond imagination, and both for the same reason, and so it’s more natural to avoid acknowledging it.
Everything we’ve ever known is a house of cards and it’s terrifying to bring that to awareness.