Thanks for writing it all out. It has been an amazing tool to help focus the AI debate on things that matter not hype raised by badly researched NYT articles.
I believe a lot of people actually have spiritual objections to Ai, but it's not cool to have spiritual beliefs, so they reach for technical objections. I have used your articles to divert discussions from spiritual objections framed as technical ones, into spiritual objections framed as political and collective action problems, which is imo a MUCH better place to bring spirituality into the world. (I'm not spiritual about Ai, I just want to argue about philosophy with robot pals, but I respect spiritual positions a great deal.)
Andy, your work on the topic has been inspiring and - such a relief - convinced me I wasn't losing my mind, or my maths skills.
I've done my share of recommending your blog to people, and it's astonishing how often they'll have the same response: "I just knew it couldn't be right!"
Thanks for defending numbers as facts instead of feelings.
"AI and China, and China in general"- if you want help with Mandarin sources/China context (even on water and AI in China, oh my!), I'd be interested in learning more about that too:)
Thanks for writing it all out. It has been an amazing tool to help focus the AI debate on things that matter not hype raised by badly researched NYT articles.
I believe a lot of people actually have spiritual objections to Ai, but it's not cool to have spiritual beliefs, so they reach for technical objections. I have used your articles to divert discussions from spiritual objections framed as technical ones, into spiritual objections framed as political and collective action problems, which is imo a MUCH better place to bring spirituality into the world. (I'm not spiritual about Ai, I just want to argue about philosophy with robot pals, but I respect spiritual positions a great deal.)
Andy, your work on the topic has been inspiring and - such a relief - convinced me I wasn't losing my mind, or my maths skills.
I've done my share of recommending your blog to people, and it's astonishing how often they'll have the same response: "I just knew it couldn't be right!"
Thanks for defending numbers as facts instead of feelings.
"AI and China, and China in general"- if you want help with Mandarin sources/China context (even on water and AI in China, oh my!), I'd be interested in learning more about that too:)