Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei has just published a radical vision of an AI-accelerated future. It's audacious, compelling, and a must-read for anyone working at the intersection of AI and society.
It's good to read something balanced. There is a ton of opportunity for advancement. It just takes good honest critique to make sure we don't lose our way.
I want someone to start talking about the energy that is going to be required for all this AI and where it's going to come from. And I would like to know that these AI techdudes are thinking about it. Because you can't enjoy your utopia when the natural world is out of control.
I, too, loved the shout out to Banks. When people ask me what a future with "powerful" AI could look like, Banks' Culture is my go-to fictional utopian exemplar (as much as I enjoyed reading cyberpunk literature in my youth, I never thought "I'd love to actually inhabit this universe which has so clearly been written as a cautionary example.")
It's good to read something balanced. There is a ton of opportunity for advancement. It just takes good honest critique to make sure we don't lose our way.
I want someone to start talking about the energy that is going to be required for all this AI and where it's going to come from. And I would like to know that these AI techdudes are thinking about it. Because you can't enjoy your utopia when the natural world is out of control.
Nuclear energy is a great place to start especially with the evolved technology and micro-nuclear reactors.
https://www.polymathicbeing.com/p/nuclear-meltdown
Yep -- I think the energy vs progress conversation is complex, but there are not enough people (or organizations) in the energy transitions and sustainability/climate change talking about this seriously -- touched on briefly last week: https://futureofbeinghuman.com/p/the-double-or-nothing-bet-on-ai-fixing-the-climate
I think the tech “visionaries” ignore this subject at their own peril.
Well said.
I, too, loved the shout out to Banks. When people ask me what a future with "powerful" AI could look like, Banks' Culture is my go-to fictional utopian exemplar (as much as I enjoyed reading cyberpunk literature in my youth, I never thought "I'd love to actually inhabit this universe which has so clearly been written as a cautionary example.")
For another reference to the Machines of Loving Grace, check out https://medium.com/@technoshaman/machine-love-is-coming-to-a-screen-near-to-you-e1fd13fd08b2