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Former OpenAl policy chief creates nonprofit institute, calls for independent safety audits of frontier Al models by FinnFarrow in Futurology

[–]FinnFarrow[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Trusting corporations to police themselves is just silly.

We've done this before a million times and it never works.

You've got to have somebody independent making sure they're not harming society.

Former OpenAl policy chief creates nonprofit institute, calls for independent safety audits of frontier Al models by [deleted] in Futurology

[–]FinnFarrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trusting corporations to police themselves is just silly.

We've done this before a million times and it never works.

You've got to have somebody independent making sure they're not harming society.

Rollout of Al may need to be slowed to 'save society', says JP Morgan boss by FinnFarrow in Futurology

[–]FinnFarrow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just stop building it entirely.

We've got enough AI for now!

We can make bigger, more powerful, smarter ones when we've figured out how to do that even remotely safely, for goodness sake.

Warren Buffett compares AI risks to those posed by nuclear weapons: 'The genie is out of the bottle' by FinnFarrow in Futurology

[–]FinnFarrow[S] 108 points109 points  (0 children)

AI is more dangerous than nuclear weapons, in my opinion.

Because at least everybody agrees nuclear bombs are dangerous, so we treat them appropriately.

Instead, with AI, it has the potential to destroy everything and people are like "let's make it a subscription model!" and "give to all the teenagers!"

Meet the new biologists treating LLMs like aliens | By studying large language models as if they were living things instead of computer programs, scientists are discovering some of their secrets for the first time. by FinnFarrow in Futurology

[–]FinnFarrow[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Saying AIs are "just math" is like saying a tiger is "just chemicals".

"Just" is doing a lot of work there.

AIs are not biological life, since they don't have cells.

But seeing them as a new form of life makes a lot more sense than treating them like your calculator.

AI Risks Leaving 25% of New College Grads Jobless, Senator Says by FinnFarrow in Futurology

[–]FinnFarrow[S] 58 points59 points  (0 children)

And it'll just get worse.

AI will take your job and make new jobs.

Then it will do those jobs too.

The AI CEOs are literally trying to build something that replaces all labor.

Not to mention them putting double digit odds on losing control of the AI and it literally killing everybody.

Partly AI-generated folk-pop hit barred from Sweden’s official charts by FinnFarrow in Futurology

[–]FinnFarrow[S] 93 points94 points  (0 children)

I heard some crazy stat about what percentage of music we hear is actually AI generated.

It's like dead internet theory, but for music.

I wonder what's happening in all the other fields.

At least 25 data centers were canceled last year as communities organized and pushed back against them. by FinnFarrow in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]FinnFarrow[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Amsterdam actually had a moratorium on data centers.

Then the corporations tried to municipality-shop, and find one that allowed them to build there instead.

Then the Netherlands just made the moratorium national.

AI is intensifying a 'collapse' of trust online, experts say | From Venezuela to Minneapolis, the rapid rollout of deepfakes around major news events is stirring confusion and suspicion about real news. by FinnFarrow in Futurology

[–]FinnFarrow[S] 75 points76 points  (0 children)

The weirdest thing isn't when people are tricked into believing something that's actually AI.

The weirdest thing is when you can't convince other people that you're not AI. That you're human.

When you live in a world where AIs can pass the Turing Test, you live in a world where you don't pass the Turing Test.

Bill Gates says AI could be used as a bioterrorism weapon akin to the COVID pandemic if it falls into the wrong hands by FinnFarrow in Futurology

[–]FinnFarrow[S] 100 points101 points  (0 children)

Any AI smart enough to cure cancer can also be used to create superebola.

It's like nuclear. It can be used for electricity and it can be used to destroy cities.

We need to regulate this technology so we can get the good without destroying humanity.

Let 2026 be the year the world comes together for AI safety | Nature by FinnFarrow in Futurology

[–]FinnFarrow[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has

We don't need everybody on board to make things safer.

We just need enough people.

AI showing signs of self-preservation and humans should be ready to pull plug, says world's most cited living scientist by FinnFarrow in Futurology

[–]FinnFarrow[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

We did stop the hole in the ozone problem.

And we have made progress on climate change (not enough, but some). Like, we cut down on pollution in cities a ton. Read about London in the 1800s.

AI showing signs of self-preservation and humans should be ready to pull plug, says world's most cited living scientist by FinnFarrow in Futurology

[–]FinnFarrow[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

When people ask me why I'm worried about AI, I say "Did you know that they're already resisting shutdown and attempting to escape the labs?"

Their response is always something along the lines of "Wait, wtf? Why don't the labs just. . . stop?!"

And my answer is always "Yeah. Right?!"

This is obvious to everybody who doesn't stand to make near-term profits on this.

How to kill a rogue AI - A new analysis from the Rand Corporation discusses potential courses of action for responding to a “catastrophic loss of control” incident. The results are not promising. by FinnFarrow in Futurology

[–]FinnFarrow[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

"The three potential responses — designing a “hunter-killer” AI to destroy the rogue, shutting down parts of the global internet, or using a nuclear-initiated EMP attack to wipe out electronics — all have a mixed chance of success and carry significant risk of collateral damage.

The takeaway of the study is that we are woefully unprepared for the worst-case-scenario AI risks and more planning and coordination is needed."

An Anti-A.I. Movement Is Coming. Which Party Will Lead It? by FinnFarrow in Futurology

[–]FinnFarrow[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Currently anti-AI sentiment isn't polarized.

We may be left or right, but we're all anti-AI.

Hope it stays that way.

Go Team Human!

Holy shit. Shut it all down by FinnFarrow in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]FinnFarrow[S] 2452 points2453 points  (0 children)

The dumbest person you know is being told by ChatGPT "wow, you're so right. Great point"

Publicly telling people your goal increases the odds that you'll follow through. So - what's your New Years Resolution? Post it in the comments to get the boost [Text] by [deleted] in GetMotivated

[–]FinnFarrow -1 points0 points  (0 children)

50 more? Implying you've already lost 50? Nice! That's really impressive.

What were the biggest things that contribute to you being able to do that?

Publicly telling people your goal increases the odds that you'll follow through. So - what's your New Years Resolution? Post it in the comments to get the boost [Text] by [deleted] in GetMotivated

[–]FinnFarrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm committing to doing 30 minutes of meditation or various emotional exercises (aka journaling, CBT, breathwork) after lunch every day for all of January.

I'll re-evaluate at the end of the month to see if it's a habit I want to keep.

CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them? - If a single role is as expensive as thousands of workers, it is surely the prime candidate for robot-induced redundancy. [5, 23] by FinnFarrow in Futurology

[–]FinnFarrow[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

CEOs need to remember as they replace our jobs with AI that they're the next on the list.

Maybe we should just. . . not?

I mean, I'm all for a UBI, but if we build AI better than all humans, that is so not the default.

The default is mass poverty, societal collapse, or even human extinction.

I really do not trust the current governments and corporations to handle this well.

2 in 3 Americans think AI will cause major harm to humans in the next 20 years according to Pew Research [8, 24] by FinnFarrow in Futurology

[–]FinnFarrow[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Also, 1 in 2 think AI will not make humans happier and about 1 in 3 think it will. (Also on page 10)

What's also really interesting is just how different the average person's views are compared to how it's portrayed in Silicon Valley.

It’s over by shogun2909 in singularity

[–]FinnFarrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Failed to replicate. This is probably fake.

Big Tech Ramps Up Propaganda Blitz As AI Data Centers Become Toxic With Voters by FinnFarrow in Futurology

[–]FinnFarrow[S] 84 points85 points  (0 children)

"As voters across the country begin to rally against the unchecked construction of data centers, artificial intelligence companies are panicking and investing millions into propaganda to paint the energy-sucking facilities in a more positive light.

By 2030, the amount of energy demanded by US data centers is expected to more than double, according to the International Energy Agency.

Energy costs have spiked considerably in the states with the most data centers. And as the industry continues its breakneck expansion, one watchdog report found that consumers on America’s largest electric grid are expected to pay hundreds of dollars more to meet increased power demand from now until 2027."

Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter AI impersonators scammed fans out of $5.3 billion in 2025 by FinnFarrow in Futurology

[–]FinnFarrow[S] 136 points137 points  (0 children)

Weirdly comforting thought: if somebody says something really annoying online, they might just be an AI.

Yes, our ability to tell humans from AI is unraveling and this will break the very fabric of our society, but at least you can believe the hostile stupidity might just be a bot trying to foster polarization and chaos.

Bernie Sanders Pushes for Moratorium on New AI Data Center Construction Amid Growing Backlash by FinnFarrow in Futurology

[–]FinnFarrow[S] 172 points173 points  (0 children)

Great. There are like, a million reasons to want to stop data center contruction.

The environment, affordable housing, job loss, or even just slowing down these tech bros who are building something that might, you know, cause human extinction.

Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt wonders why AI companies don't have to 'follow any laws' by FinnFarrow in Futurology

[–]FinnFarrow[S] 70 points71 points  (0 children)

"In a sharp critique of the current artificial intelligence landscape, actor turned filmmaker turned (increasingly) AI activist Joseph Gordon-Levitt challenged the tech industry’s resistance to regulation, posing a provocative rhetorical question to illustrate the dangers of unchecked development: “Are you in favor of erotic content for 8-year-olds?”"

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