Critique of Authoritarian Approaches to AI Governance and Development
By
atropoles
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Summary
The article critiques the top-down, authoritarian approach to AI development and governance presented in works like Dario's 'The Adolescence of Technology' and 'Machines of Loving Grace.' The author argues these perspectives assume a small group of 'adults' will control AI to 'fix' human problems like disease and poverty, but this framing is narrow and problematic. The article also criticizes Effective Altruism (EA) for similar flaws, suggesting these approaches lack diversity of thought and fail to consider broader perspectives on what constitutes human flourishing.
Key quotes
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Machines of Loving Grace assumes basically the same tone, that there are some 'adults' in the room, and they will use AI like a tool to 'fix' some supposed human problem, where those problems are framed in a very narrow worldview.
EA has the same critical flaw.
if you can't steelman those things, you are too far gone for reason
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