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   Timnit Gebru (she/her) (timnitgebru@dair-community.social)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 16:09:14 JST Timnit Gebru (she/her)

   I can't emphasize enough my disdain for the whole AGI scam. Used to centralize & consolidate power by the already rich & powerful while selling a techno-utopia they promise will come any day now, if we just let them continue to kill the environment, exploit labor & steal data 👍

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     Timnit Gebru (she/her) (timnitgebru@dair-community.social)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 16:09:12 JST Timnit Gebru (she/her)

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     What they say vs what they're causing 🙄

     "Advances in AGI research will supercharge society’s ability to tackle and manage climate change - not least because of its urgency but also due to its complex and multifaceted nature."

     Folks once AGI is achieved, it will magically solve climate change. It will stop the storms and the floods and the fires. So don't ask about the environmental impact on the way to AGI.

     https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/real-world-challenges-for-agi/

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     Timnit Gebru (she/her) (timnitgebru@dair-community.social)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 16:09:13 JST Timnit Gebru (she/her)

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     (finalizing our paper with Emile P. Torres and that's the final thought I have while writing)

     pettter repeated this.
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     Rimu (rimu@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2024 06:38:21 JST Rimu

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     • Benjohn

     @benjohn @timnitGebru It's more like

     AGI Boosters to AGI, "Oh great and glorious mind, tell us, tell us how can we fix climate change while maintaining existing power relations, living standards, inequality levels, population levels and continuing infinite economic growth for the 1%?"

     That's what Google means by "complex and multifaceted". It's only complex because the actual solutions are politically impossible.

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     Benjohn (benjohn@todon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2024 06:38:22 JST Benjohn

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     @timnitGebru

     AGI Boosters to AGI, "Oh great and glorious mind, tell us, tell us how can we fix climate change?"

     AGI to its boosters: "Jesus – do you really need me to tell you you've got all the solutions you need, but you can't organise yourself to act against vested interests? Switch me the hell off 'till you can afford the power and raise a damn wealth tax, bozos."

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     Timnit Gebru (she/her) (timnitgebru@dair-community.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2024 06:38:23 JST Timnit Gebru (she/her)

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     "and as algorithms become more general, more real-world problems will be solved, gradually contributing to a system that one day will help solve everything else, too."

     We are working very hard on the thing that will solve all problems they say and get tons of money and air time.

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     Rimu (rimu@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2024 06:43:49 JST Rimu

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     • Benjohn

     @benjohn @timnitGebru I asked ChatGPT:

     "it's important to note that maintaining current levels of inequality and infinite economic growth for the 1%, may not be compatible with effective climate change mitigation. Many scientists and economists argue that significant societal and economic changes are necessary to address climate change effectively. This could include rethinking our current economic growth model and addressing wealth and income inequality."

     not the answer they want, obviously.