I Feel about AI
An author shares a multifaceted perspective on AI, expressing both wonder at its technological capabilities and fear regarding its societal impact. The piece touches on concerns about the open web, artist displacement, and the influence of capital on AI development.
Why it matters
It captures the complex, often contradictory public sentiment surrounding the rapid advancement and integration of artificial intelligence in daily life.
I feel surprise at how well neural networks work. LLMs work like "gut feeling" as they just generate one more token after another. There is no planning or reasoning algorithm inside. Yet, some planning and reasoning emerges.
I feel fear about an impending doom. Yudkowsky's argument that a superintelligent AI will inevitably destroy humanity seems to have no flaw. Yet, nobody seriously tries to sandbox AIs because they are too useful with access.
I feel disgust about AI companies destroying the open web society. Their crawlers and agents make it increasingly difficult to sustain an open community on the web. Like a locust plague, they descend on any open wiki and forum and overwhelm them.
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