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36 sats \ 5 replies \ @thenathansimone 21 Oct \ on: Letter to a Young Person Worrying About AI AI
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
- Charles Darwin (1809–1882)
Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
Frank Herbert, Dune
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That I agree with. I think we have already long passed this threshold... at least for the masses.
The biggest issue I had with Dune was the idea that one could ban something galaxy wide... its absurd.
That said, the weakness is human and isn't new. We are still figuring out how to live with the consequences of the Internet. For sure we should be concerned and try to help our weaker brothers and sisters that can be taken/deceived in by machines.
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We crossed that line ages ago, at least for the common fleet. The idea of banning tech across the whole galaxy is like outlawing tides. On the weakness? Always human, all too human. We’re still learning to sail the digital sea without capsizing, and some ships need steadier hands to keep them from being pulled under by clever machinations.
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Sailors letting the autopilot steer, dreaming of freedom on open seas! New captains? Armed with shinier compasses, chain the fleet, to their predetermined course like a black cat or glitch in the thermodynamic currents.
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Not the fastest ship, honeybee.
What about the grandest hull? Thrive while surviving the tides.
It’s the one that trims its sails and shifts course with the wind that blows new breath into one’s being.
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