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Chatbots aren't the endpoint tho, AGI and ASI are. Imagine a future where we could disseminate custom AIs to teach kids exactly in their unique contexts. Education could be throttled and specialized according to everyone's aptitudes.
And if the people are able to decide what future ASIs work on we could focus on massive healthcare, leading to inevitable healthspan extension. Then the rate at which we have to replace our population (and the associated spending of 20 years reteaching intelligent citizens) would be reduced as a consequence.
AI is just a tool. Tools are never rolled back, at most they're only regulated. Why not make the best of our future with this powerful tool? Just because billionaires are getting the headlines, most of the progress is being done in academia. Maybe AI will even help facilitate reduced wealth inequality.
That assumes the AGI/ASI doesn't have gates keeping it from people. Sorry you only get the basic model b/c you can't afford it something better. An open, free, equally accessible AI for everyone no matter what is just not how capitalism works.
You're assuming the alternative that billionaires, despite being a tiny fraction of the population, will be in control of such gatekeeping.
Your argument against an openly available AI precludes the existence of things like the FOSS community. Smart people who oppose capitalist power structures certainly exist.
I want kids to have social skills, so I will not imagine this.
In what way does AI detract from social skill development?
You learn social skills from people.
In what way does AI prevent people from socializing with one another?
You're asking how an AI that tutors you might displace the need for people who tutor you? Hm.
You know that people used to know their tailor? You could bring your son in, get him a suit for his birthday. "Hey, this is my boy, William. William, this is Richard, I've been coming to him for years. He does great work. How's the wife, Richard?" I have never spoken to the Amazon website like this. I don't think it can hear me.
Steelmanning is what wins arguments. For example if I were to say that your argument amounts to little more than lazy contrariness some percentage of us Lemmings would see that as uncharitable, regardless of whether they agreed with my position. I'm not suggesting updoots are important, just that discourse is.
That being said while education and socialization aren't inherently dependent on one another, certain subjects like debate, civics, and ethics should likely be taught in group settings (as well as more often). PhysEd as well.
But if harder sciences and math have the potential to be taught outside the sometimes stressful social hierarchies of traditional schools, it's worth at least exploring.
PS: Regarding your username, have you seen the excellent Philip Set it Hoffman movie "Love Liza"?
Take off your rose-colored glasses. The billionaires control the implementation, and they don't care about universal healthcare or education, and certainly not reducing wealth inequality.
Also, LLMs will never evolve into AGI, because they're fundamentally different processes. The human brain has many parts, and the Broca's area is a very small part that cannot generalize its functions to perform the tasks of all the other areas of the brain.
And ASI is pure scifi. Circuits will never be sentient, the best they can ever do is mimic sentiency.
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. The corrupting nature of power is known by the majority. Billionaires just ignore it because capitalism rewards executives who exhibit psychopathic symptoms.
I don't believe anyone's arguing LLMs will evolve into AGI.
Thats a conclusion of substrate dependency. What's so special about the matter (not the process) that facilitates human cognition that makes it impossible to happen with other materials?
such a simp