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James's avatar

You speak a lot about the advantages of AI and that's fair enough. But deep, structural biases have been programmed into it which are, for lack of a better word, "woke."

See this revelationary article:

https://open.substack.com/pub/treeofwoe/p/your-ai-hates-you?r=joon5&utm_medium=ios

In brief though Chat GPT has been programmed to value the life of one black person above one billion white men in various hypothetical examples.And on it goes.

The thought of having that run societal systems is very worrisome. Obviously it's a bit out of the scope of what you talk about but the larger dynamics are not all positive is my fundamental point.

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EGK's avatar

interesting.. hadnt heard that.

I use ai for casual things but cannot say im that deep on the topic to be honest.

But yes.. what you raise is a very valid concern.

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James's avatar

Nevertheless, the more practical and immediate points you raise in your article are well taken. It’s best to position ourselves at the front of this wave and navigate it as best we can. Hopefully being in a good position with respect to our own more immediate circumstances can help us deal with whatever larger trends develop over the next few years.

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EGK's avatar

yes exactly.... I look at it as "how can i change how i work to optimally take advantage of all that AI is going to enable so that i can ride the wave faster than others?"

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