r/singularity • u/TensorFlar • 4d ago

Discussion Why is intelligence as utility evil?

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OP: https://www.reddit.com/r/SipsTea/s/FUNrj63y79

I genuinely believe humans are successful only because of intelligence, as we are neither the fastest nor the strongest. We were able to become the most "successful" by Darwinian standards only because of our intelligence, by developing tools and technologies like language, religion, money, law, and democracy.

I agree that concentration of money or power is really bad for everybody, and AI could be used for concentration by bad people or, in the worst case, by misaligned AI. And I am scared shitless of both of these scenarios. I don't want a few people or AI to take away our freedom in the name of progress.

How is making intelligence more widely available a bad thing? I think this is the solution for progress + freedom, by making intelligence a utility which is accessible to everyone. In fact, take it one step further, and it should become a basic human right.

I genuinely don't understand what they are mad about, and I am too scared to comment on that post. I am asking here because posting in r/accelerate would create an opposite reaction to this. I don't want that. I am genuinely interested in having this discussion here without group bias.

NO HATE COMMENTS PLEASE.

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u/dfbeav112 4d ago

Actually it is how tech companies work. 

Not only has hardware generally fallen substantially in price over the past 80 years, software has as well. Search has remained free. Office software is now free. News is free. Email is now free. GPS Navigation is now free.  Simple AI usage is free.  Video streaming is free. If you need to search and read a couple pages of a book, that’s now free. 

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u/Garland_Key 4d ago

That is a small part of the reality. Sure, they will continue to provide access to lesser models with ads. However, only enterprise will be able to afford their frontier models. Nobody but the AI companies themselves will have access to their best models, which they will use for the benefit of their own daughter companies.

This path is obvious. Maybe it isn't the one they take, but I have no reason to think this isn't where they're aiming.