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Bill Gates says unchecked AI could ‘cause a billion deaths’ in call for regulation [in fearmarketing stunt] (www.theguardian.com)
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I don't understand why Bill Gates still feels the need to do marketing work, he is already rich he doesn't need to do commercials and blatantingly shill for a product for money like this.

Also the ides that anyone should listen to Bill Gates about needing or not needing government regulation, nationalization or trustbusting is actually insane.

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[–] -3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

@yesman @supersquirrel well, for one, didn't ai almost cause an attack on some chinese ship the other day?
I think they are always a mix of exaggeration and truth in these things

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  • [–] 4 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

    Almost did. But that wasn’t “the AI is secretly super smart!!!” it was “the AI hallucinated some bullshit and people nearly forgot to actually fact check it”

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  • [–] 1 point 9 hours ago (2 children)

    @lurker i don't think power is related to intelligence. Well, actually, yes, but only to get gain our trust. But regardless how AI progress, I do think they are partially honest I remember listening to some interview of a former employee of Anthtropic a week ago who say everyone is afraid. Plus, if you work in AI company, you are going to be biased for AI progress + be part of the echo chamber

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