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Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals by John N. Gray
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/223467-straw-dogs-thoughts-on-humans-and-other-animals
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And I would like to feature a 2nd -- quite different -- book for today, if I may.
Dino Buzzati: Il deserto dei Tartari
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tartar_Steppe
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#BooksThatInfluencedYou
Day 15:
(1/n)
Despite the fact that many #AI critics now point out that the imminent threats of #ArtificialIntelligence are quite large and that an #ExtinctionLevelEvent chiefly diverts attention from these negative outcomes, such as job losses, racism, and...
#Bookwyrm
#20Days20Books
#20Tage20Bücher
https://i.sonnet.fm/5LC5UaHziFThwwEdA
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Day 15:
(2/n)
...misogyny, #SciFi grandmasters like #IsaacAsimov (#CompleteRobot) and #PhilipKDick have long been writing about this theme.
Maybe you'll like this excellent #audiobook mini-series of his #SciFi classic, too:
*Curious Matter Anthology: Philip K. Dick's #SecondVariety - Part 1 *
It still gives me the goosebumps.
Why does..
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Day 15:
(3/n)
...In the summer of 2022, a big international survey was conducted:
"We contacted approximately 4271 researchers who published at the conferences NeurIPS or ICML in 2021. "
It found, among other things:
"The median respondent believes the probability that the 👉long-run effect of advanced #AI...
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Day 15:
(4/n)
...on humanity will be “extremely bad (e.g., human extinction)👈” is 5%. This is the same as it was in 2016 (though #Zhang et al 2022 found 2% in a similar but non-identical question).
Many respondents were substantially more concerned: 👉48% of respondents gave at least 10% chance of an extremely bad outcome." 1)
Now,..
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Day 15:
(5/5)
...remember that the survey was conducted months *before* market leader #OpenAI* gave internet access to its #LLM #ChatGPT.
I'm quite positive that those numbers will have risen by quite a bit were they to conduct the same research again now.
1)
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109894787077782438
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#BooksThatInfluencedYou
Day 15:
(5/n)
...remember that the survey was conducted months *before* market leader #OpenAI* gave internet access to its #LLM #ChatGPT.
I'm quite positive that those numbers will have risen by quite a bit were they to conduct the same research again now.
Oh, and I'd like to point out that this #FanFiction...
1)
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109894787077782438
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Day 15:
(6/6)
...is a dramatized version, like the outstanding 1938 radio drama, #TheWarOfTheWorlds by #OrsonWelles, based on the #SciFi classic by #HGWells, which led to a mass panic of people, because the realization was so authentic.*
*
The War of the Worldshttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1938_radio_drama)
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@HistoPol Thanx for sharing this. Highly appreciated!
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Likewise.
Apart from #WarAndPeace, I realized that I'm far to ignorant about #Russian #literature.
Only by understanding other cultures may we hope that, one day, we will overcome our differences.
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