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recent bookmarks from jmA misleading open letter about sci-fi AI dangers ignores the real risks2023-03-31T08:59:22+00:00
https://aisnakeoil.substack.com/p/a-misleading-open-letter-about-sci
jmOver 1,000 researchers, technologists, and public figures have already signed the letter. The letter raises alarm about many AI risks:
"Should we let machines flood our information channels with propaganda and untruth? Should we automate away all the jobs, including the fulfilling ones? Should we develop nonhuman minds that might eventually outnumber, outsmart, obsolete and replace us? Should we risk loss of control of our civilization?"
We agree that misinformation, impact on labor, and safety are three of the main risks of AI. Unfortunately, in each case, the letter presents a speculative, futuristic risk, ignoring the version of the problem that is already harming people. It distracts from the real issues and makes it harder to address them. The letter has a containment mindset analogous to nuclear risk, but that’s a poor fit for AI. It plays right into the hands of the companies it seeks to regulate.
Couldn't agree more.
]]>ai scifi future risks gpt-4 regulationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:4292c5fac6fe/The Climate Case for a Jobs Guarantee2020-06-09T13:56:05+00:00
https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-06-05/the-climate-case-for-a-jobs-guarantee-kim-stanley-robinson
jmIt would mean that governments would set a higher minimum wage than ever before, and if that minimum were a true living wage, private enterprise would have to match it to attract workers. And then, suddenly, everyone would be both employed and making a decent living. Private enterprises would therefore have more prosperous customers, and all would then rise in a virtuous cycle. Given the immense stresses that climate change is sure to bring, finding useful work for people would not be a problem. There will be a lot to do. Recall that 5% unemployment is often said to be the “natural” level, such that markets get nervous when the jobless rate goes lower than that. Unemployment at 5% is said to create “wage pressure,” which it definitely does, because millions of people are thereby living in fear and will take any job they can get, even ones that don’t pay enough for a secure life. The phrase “wage pressure” is yet another indication of how markets exert power to keep power. In this context, a Job Guarantee would erase wage pressure (meaning fear and misery), and the less fearful and more productive populace that resulted might thrive in a feeling of security.
]]>jobs work unemployment economics economy qe future ksr scifi climate-changehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:d5ce481f6463/The Secret History of Dune - Los Angeles Review of Books2019-09-02T16:26:13+00:00
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-secret-history-of-dune/
jmThe Sabres of Paradise (1960) served as one of those sources, a half-forgotten masterpiece of narrative history recounting a mid-19th century Islamic holy war against Russian imperialism in the Caucasus. [...] Anyone who has obsessed over the mythology of Dune will immediately recognize the language Herbert borrowed from Blanch’s work. Chakobsa, a Caucasian hunting language, becomes the language of a galactic diaspora in Herbert’s universe. Kanly, from a word for blood feud among the Islamic tribes of the Caucasus, signifies a vendetta between Dune’s great spacefaring dynasties. Kindjal, the personal weapon of the region’s Islamic warriors, becomes a knife favored by Herbert’s techno-aristocrats. As Blanch writes, “No Caucasian man was properly dressed without his kindjal.”
]]>books dune frank-herbert lesley-blanch caucasus scifihttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:fa628ac0be65/Dystopias Now2019-08-19T12:08:56+00:00
https://communemag.com/dystopias-now/
jmksr kim-stanley-robinson future dystopia writing utopia scifihttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:56e41cb0a336/In praise of the sci-fi corridor2019-01-25T22:25:58+00:00
https://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/14814/in-praise-of-the-sci-fi-corridor
jmsets sf scifi movies corridorshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:18c7728f901e/Moonbase Alpha | Flickr2017-04-13T21:22:48+00:00
https://www.flickr.com/photos/modern_fred/sets/72157632022032830/
jmspace-1999 space futurism 1970s tv retro scifihttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:8ca143fe65cc/Sci-Fi Short Story: 'Press Enter to Execute'2012-04-18T13:15:45+00:00
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/04/press-enter-to-execute/
jmscifi spamassassin anti-spam spam via:lee-maguire whoa fiction short-storieshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:3249615b406e/The Best Science Fiction Books (According to Reddit)2011-09-11T22:03:37+00:00
http://blamcast.net/articles/best-science-fiction-books
jmscifi fiction books science-fictionhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:44a97827d9fc/Rhizome | Soviet Sci-Fi Animation in the 1980's2010-04-22T14:31:12+00:00
http://rhizome.org/editorial/3457
jmmovie scifi video russia via:boingboinghttps://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:83bd382134ec/YouTube - Mass Effect 2 Launch Trailer2010-01-21T12:14:08+00:00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2O-0-fQOOs
jmmass-effect games via:colmbrophy xbox scifi video youtube trailershttps://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:e19c2b3571c2/Science fiction: The stories of now - 16 September 2009 - New Scientist2009-09-18T23:47:57+00:00
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327263.200-science-fiction-the-stories-of-now.html?full=true
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