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UIUC's Talia Ringer argues recursive self-improvement is not a genuine AI threat, pointing instead to corporate monopolization

Researcher Andreas Kirsch contested the dismissal of self-improvement hazards.

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@TaliaRinger Why is RSI not a real concern?

@BlackHC RSI is not a real concern, but powerful models being in the hands of only a select few powerful corporations absolutely is

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Negative users criticize corporations for restricting AI access in response to the researcher's warning, accusing them of disempowering humanity while dismissing RSI risks as imaginary.

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@TaliaRinger It's not a sci-fi scenario. Do you think people being so upset about feeling they are losing access is because disempowerment is a sci-fi scenario?

The panic feels a bit like keep4o because the disempowerment is real

@BlackHC It's a sci fi scenario about runaway models that somehow disempower humans. But human empowerment is held through our social, economic, and legal systems, not through our "intelligence"

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@BlackHC Alarmingly, in an attempt to prevent this imaginary disempowerment, corporations restricting access create the very social, economic, and legal systems that disempower the vast majority of humanity. Except them, conveniently!

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@BlackHC It's a sci fi scenario about runaway models that somehow disempower humans. But human empowerment is held through our social, economic, and legal systems, not through our "intelligence"

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Sorry started replying to the first message before the second one was written

I think open-source AI will have its place but it's good that it's a few months behind. Ideally a bit more too

I'm more concerned about existential risks and risks for democracy, so oversight and control is good

@BlackHC No, that is not sci fi because it is genuinely about Anthropic and other companies enforcing disempowering social, economic, and legal systems

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