Right now half my social media feeds (LinkedIn especially) are composed of posts from people who are saying something like:
“we shouldn’t worry about AI risk because [insert uninformed reason].”
First I ignored them.
Then it got to be too many and after a particularly bad argument I tried responding. As expected, it wasn’t worth the effort - they had already made up their mind.
Now, every time I see a post, I just link to Kelsey Piper’s article:
I also searched for ”doom” and was able to share it about 10 times quickly.
I don’t respond to comments to not waste time getting into individual debates.
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Millions of people are hearing about AI safety for the first time.
There‘s an opportunity to just quickly drop a link, and some percentage of people will read it. Maybe the OP won’t change their mind, but people who are undecided may read it.
If we want to pass laws, we need more of the population being better informed. People are hungry for information right now and a lot of bad takes are not being addressed.
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Is there a better intro article to share?
Is there a downside to introducing a thoughtful piece about AI safety to hundreds of conversations?
One downside is that Kelsey Piper is left wing, so it may contribute to AI safety becoming polarized. This can be reduced by a centrist outlet reporting about AI safety, accessible to newcomers but with prestige and reputation. Any ideas?
tl;dr: social media low-effort proselytizing
Right now half my social media feeds (LinkedIn especially) are composed of posts from people who are saying something like:
“we shouldn’t worry about AI risk because [insert uninformed reason].”
First I ignored them.
Then it got to be too many and after a particularly bad argument I tried responding. As expected, it wasn’t worth the effort - they had already made up their mind.
Now, every time I see a post, I just link to Kelsey Piper’s article:
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/12/21/18126576/ai-artificial-intelligence-machine-learning-safety-alignment
I also searched for ”doom” and was able to share it about 10 times quickly.
I don’t respond to comments to not waste time getting into individual debates.
—
Millions of people are hearing about AI safety for the first time.
There‘s an opportunity to just quickly drop a link, and some percentage of people will read it. Maybe the OP won’t change their mind, but people who are undecided may read it.
If we want to pass laws, we need more of the population being better informed. People are hungry for information right now and a lot of bad takes are not being addressed.
—
Is there a better intro article to share?
Is there a downside to introducing a thoughtful piece about AI safety to hundreds of conversations?
One downside is that Kelsey Piper is left wing, so it may contribute to AI safety becoming polarized. This can be reduced by a centrist outlet reporting about AI safety, accessible to newcomers but with prestige and reputation. Any ideas?