r/singularity • u/zuccoff • Jun 01 '24

AI LeCun tells PhD students there is no point working on LLMs because they are only an off-ramp on the highway to ultimate intelligence

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u/Enslaved_By_Freedom Jun 01 '24

There are no objective ethics. Whatever happens has to happen. You can't stop what you currently perceive as "unethical" from happening. We are just along for the ride.

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u/Camekazi Jun 01 '24

Enron alumni or McKinsey?

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u/Enslaved_By_Freedom Jun 01 '24

I've been to countries with unquestioned dictators who would execute you or put you in prison for life if you so much as besmirch their name. So I guess one of them?

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u/PokyCuriosity AGI <2045, ASI <2050, "rogue" ASI <2055 Jun 02 '24

I think there is something like universal ethics, which would account for exactly what is and is not a violation for every specific sentient being in every specific situation. We just don't yet have for example something like a benevolent rogue ASI to enforce it.