Yeah, it’s in AI companies interest to hype how all powerful their product is. I’m not necessarily talking about that.
When I say potentially, I’m not a doomer, so not trying to say there’s no hope, I do think we can make the world better than it is.
That said, one example of dystopian future: one of my clients makes networked security cameras. I saw a presentation where they were showing off their AI search capability. They had a static shot of an expressway, with hours of footage, and they said “I want to find a person in a bus wearing a brown shirt” and just like that pulled up the relevant moment. Not something you want an authoritarian to have. They’re going to get it anyways. But would love to have similar power available to the people.
Likewise when you think about accumulation of capital, which is shorthand for accumulation of power. AI will allow elites to accelerate that accumulation and have less use for people. “Who cares if you go on strike? I don’t need you.”
Having open source AI can turn the tables: “Who cares if you raised the price? I’ll make it myself.”
Yeah, it’s in AI companies interest to hype how all powerful their product is. I’m not necessarily talking about that.
When I say potentially, I’m not a doomer, so not trying to say there’s no hope, I do think we can make the world better than it is.
That said, one example of dystopian future: one of my clients makes networked security cameras. I saw a presentation where they were showing off their AI search capability. They had a static shot of an expressway, with hours of footage, and they said “I want to find a person in a bus wearing a brown shirt” and just like that pulled up the relevant moment. Not something you want an authoritarian to have. They’re going to get it anyways. But would love to have similar power available to the people.
Likewise when you think about accumulation of capital, which is shorthand for accumulation of power. AI will allow elites to accelerate that accumulation and have less use for people. “Who cares if you go on strike? I don’t need you.”
Having open source AI can turn the tables: “Who cares if you raised the price? I’ll make it myself.”