A Pascal's Wager for AI Doomers
5 hours ago
- #corporate power
- #digital public goods
- #AI critique
- Cory Doctorow critiques AI doomers, arguing that AI is not truly intelligent and that current fears distract from existing corporate-controlled technologies that already pose risks.
- He highlights concerns about limited liability corporations as existing artificial lifeforms that threaten societal stability, emphasizing the need for international digital public goods to counter them.
- The article contrasts his views with AI researcher Yoshua Bengio's focus on future superhuman AI risks, framing the debate as a modern Pascal's Wager with uncertainties about when to stop investing in AI.
- Doctorow proposes a side-bet: addressing current corporate threats through public digital infrastructure could also mitigate potential future AI risks, fostering collaboration on shared goals.