Roon from OpenAI says Iain M. Banks’ Culture series ends in total human disempowerment as ship minds retain control while hiding it from apparently autonomous humans
Commenters note humans willingly delegate governance to superior Minds.
#20Miles Brundage@MILES_BRUNDAGE@tszzl Certainly not the worst outcome...
#156David@DAVIDSHOLZ@tszzl it really could be better still, i wish we had more optimistic writers
roon@tszzlthe outcome of the Culture series is total human disempowerment - but the ship minds obfuscate that fact and let people think they’re in charge playing their little games. many people consider this to be the good outcome
#175Ethan Mollick@EMOLLICKExcept the humans know that the Minds are smarter & they are content to leave all the big decisions (Contact, Special Circumstances, etc) to the AIs so they can do whatever they want personally aside from run the world (which they would be bad at, so there really isn’t an option)
roon@tszzlthe outcome of the Culture series is total human disempowerment - but the ship minds obfuscate that fact and let people think they’re in charge playing their little games. many people consider this to be the good outcome
For those seeking GSV I Need More Context https://redsails.org/a-few-notes-on-the-culture/
Ethan Mollick@emollickExcept the humans know that the Minds are smarter & they are content to leave all the big decisions (Contact, Special Circumstances, etc) to the AIs so they can do whatever they want personally aside from run the world (which they would be bad at, so there really isn’t an option)
It’s pretty funny that I can’t tell whether the intelligent comments are from people who actually read the book or whether they are bots that know a lot about The Culture. AIs, even small models, love The Culture.
Ethan Mollick@emollickFor those seeking GSV I Need More Context https://redsails.org/a-few-notes-on-the-culture/
@tszzl @rayefull Not true except in the strictest sense. The people in Culture have the potential to become much more than normal humans if they choose to.
roon@tszzlthe outcome of the Culture series is total human disempowerment - but the ship minds obfuscate that fact and let people think they’re in charge playing their little games. many people consider this to be the good outcome
#1332Prakash@8TEAPI@tszzl The disempowerment has likely already happened due to the combination of financial markets and social media. You can see it by the way the humans have just the weekend to wage war in Iran before the markets open with disapproval.
roon@tszzlthe outcome of the Culture series is total human disempowerment - but the ship minds obfuscate that fact and let people think they’re in charge playing their little games. many people consider this to be the good outcome