Geoffrey Miller
@gmiller
Psych professor. Wrote The Mating Mind, Spent, Mate, Virtue Signaling. Wife: @sentientist. ⏸️
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Reality check:
It's very strange to me that otherwise sensible people think that AI companies will simply start sending out weekly checks to all 8 billion people in the world, within a few years.
Any company CEO or Board that did this would be violating their fiduciary duties to investors, and would quickly be replaced by leadership that doesn't betray its investors.
There is no plausible world in which AI companies will distribute most of their revenue to the rest of humanity, unless they are coerced to do so.
And who exactly would be in a position to coerce them, if they run everything?
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@GaryMarcus At this point, the OpenAI valuation is basically acting like the world's largest, riskiest, most overpriced memecoin.
Sustained by pure momentum, investor hype, and name recognition.
One possible analogy here is to pit bull owners.
Depending on jurisdiction, the owner of a dangerous pit bull dog that attacks a kid (analogous to the AI company) may be subject to liability/damages, negligence laws, mandatory insurance, and/or criminal charges.
And the pit bull (analogous to the AI model) is almost always put down, euthanized, or whatever euphemism for 'killed' you want to choose.
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Interested in evolution and AI?
I'll be speaking at the 'Evolving AI' conference at Harvard Oct 8-10.
Other speakers include @peterfenton, @David_S_Wilson, @JoHenrich, @alex_pentland, @AthenaAktipis, @jefrankle, @JamesTamplin, @erikyw26.
Fellowships to attend are available for students, early-career researchers, & builders (deadline Aug 31):
Conference details:
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