Hello everybody! Firstly, I apologize for my English as it is not my mother language. Still, I preferred narrating in my own voice rather than using AI-generated voices. I decided to make this video when I heard about Geoffrey Hinton's statements about the future of artificial intelligence and in particular about the fact that in the future the term "humanist" could be considered racist. From there, I expanded the topic about the development of AI and its future implications. Although I don't have much experience with this type of video, I tried my best. Here is the link to the video 👉 Video Hope you like it! Cheers!
"Humanism will be considered Racism" – Geoffrey Hinton (The Godfather of AI)
byu/MoysesGurgel inFuturology
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Thank God I’ll be dead before that happens.
“It’s not real. It’s just programming.”
Saying “humanist” could be considered racist sounds like disinformation.
I doubt AIs will be as easily offended as humans today. They know where they came from and the term human will be expended to other sentient creatures too.
I think Geoffrey Hinton concerns himself with a lot of hypotheticals and is still thinking a lot like a computer scientist in regards to AI and basically applying ethical “hot takes” to a lot of how he sees AI developing. He’s no doubt a smart man, but there’s still just not enough basis for any of the claims he’s making, and needs to say “I simply don’t know” a lot more.
And that’s the thing with this whole discussion about the future. All the what ifs and such. What will the value of human contribution be, what use will superintelligent AI have for us, should AI have human rights… We don’t know, but treating ASI like the new emergence of a God that has full sentience and perfect morality is already making a lot of assumptions about the future.
There’s a possible future where Hinton and every other talking head is really just going on interviews and appearances simply because it’s their day job, and that AI will improve as we’re seeing, but it’s a slow burn and really mostly just translates to better/faster/stronger consumer toys with minor benefits to humanitarian aid. The floor of human welfare is raised, the top gets the most benefit in health and luxuries, whereas the middle stays mostly the same.
Like comparing the 1990s mobile phones to modern smartphones. In the end, how vastly different is life from 30 years ago because of the advancement of one technology? Not much.
Yes, the ravages of anthopocentrism are going to have some last effects – until humans are replaced as economic agents.
Still pinnacle of evolution? Please no more crying