Ask HN: Do older programmers/CS academics view AI safety as a form of arrogance?

3•amichail•1h ago

Maybe they have seen AI fail for so long due to poor performance that it makes AI safety experts seem like they are vastly overestimating what AI can do?

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uberman•1h ago

What are talking about?

amichail•1h ago

I think for older programmers/CS academics, the second most surprising thing about the ChatGPT breakthrough in 2022 was that people cared about AI safety.

stalfosknight•1h ago

I would use the word naïveté, but arrogance too, sure.

cpburns2009•1h ago

What do you mean specifically by safety? It seems everyone, young and old, is running AI in YOLO-mode with full system access.

kstenerud•41m ago

It's why I built the yoloAI tool, in fact!

sixtyj•42m ago

Define “older”, please.

Someone is older in late 30s. :)

Or did you mean “those who experienced mainframes”?

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