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HeroldMcHerold OP t1_j77zrll wrote

Reply to comment by pmjm in Exclusive: ChatGPT in the spotlight as EU & Breton bats for tougher AI rules by HeroldMcHerold

There is no resolution to unchecked and unethical progress. Stop looking for such a resolution. The only thing that can save the humanity, and the collective demise of our beautiful world, is to do what ethically correct and refrain from doing what is ethically incorrect - no matter how beneficial it seem.

You might be wondering how progress in AI is unethical. You will see the results pretty soon if it goes on unchecked. Just to give you an example, the level of discrimination and absolute control it will give to digitally-enhanced nations over their less-privileged neighbors is just horrible to imagine.

This is coming from a proud American himself, but as a true patriot, I would rather barter the golden moral values against the progress of some technologies which just don't seem right or may inflict a great future disaster.

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pmjm t1_j78iuiy wrote

I understand what you are saying and I agree to a point. But say, for example, the US institutes regulations on AI development, while an adversarial country like China or Russia does not, and their AI develops beyond ours and ends up giving their military a pretty extreme tactical advantage over us. I don't know that I could ethically justify that.

This is a very complicated issue because there's no question that while AI will be a completely transformative and powerful tool for the everyman, there are people in power who will wield it to extremes regardless of regulations.

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HeroldMcHerold OP t1_j7oyfac wrote

That is the thing! You see, the question raised here is how any one country can regulate and judiciate a technology when it also has the power to wreak havoc in our own backyards.

The only thing, from a moral point of view, is first to check our own uses and growth, and only then can we be able to regulate and catch our adversarial nations if they go beyond the line and can impact homeland security.

This is the same as the advent of Nuclear technology. Back when we first developed nuclear weapons, within four years of our creation, Russia developed its own. Fast forward to a few decades ahead, several other nations developed nukes as well. So, if I may ask, who gave others the leading light and inspiration to do that in the first place?

And worst of all, we are the only nation in the world who have used nuclear warheads practically and killed hundreds of thousands of people - some are still reeling from their effects.

Therefore, we cannot ever claim that we are doing this for the defense of our great country. It is in fact more of a fight to become "who is the real lord" rather than safety, something that will eventually become the reason for our collective demise. And the same fear I now have with the limitless destructive possibilities of AI.

I am quite sure many of my fellow Americans must have the same fear as I do.

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