Comment by 758597464
> This is a very doomer take. The threats are real, and I'm certain some people feel this way, but eliminating large swaths of humanity is something dicatorships have tried in the past.
Tried, and succeeded in. In times where people held more power than today. Not sure what point you're trying to make here.
> Most of humanity has empathy for others. I would prefer to have hope that we will make it through, rather than drown in fear.
I agree that most of humanity has empathy for others — but it's been shown that the prevalence of psychopaths increases as you climb the leadership ladder.
Fear or hope are the responses of the passive. There are other routes to take.
Basically why open source everything is increasingly more important and imo already making “AI” safer.
If the many have access to the latest AI then there is less chance the masses are blindsided by some rogue tech.