One Standard
Segment # 096
We have all heard the admonition KISS.. keep it simple stupid. Well sometimes there is in fact more truth in simplicity than all the convoluted language so common today. The popular ay time program Outnumbered featured Kevin O’ Leary from Shark tank.. Check out the tape from about 1:14. His point is applicable to many issues and it is treat them like they treat us. It is stunning that the Chinese can buy up our companies, our business, and our politicians.. but there is no reciprocity. It is almost absurd when you factually examine the disparity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfahv0TSS9s
Or consider now the numerous examples when the Dems were in power they used the IRS to send a message to someone that was not complying.. And as noted Tiabbi is a liberal. If the Republicans even thought for a minute about the Media would crucify them..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsPyoJf7oJY
I won’t belabor the point except to say when my liberal friends ask me what I want.. it is simply one standard for everyone. The Media, Big Pharm, Big Food, Biden Admin etc are smart folks.. the last thing they want is a balanced playing field. And it does not mater what team you play for..
I had to include the AI story below which will probably get little notice but it clearly recognizes the potential damage that could be done with AI power in the hands of those noted above
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/29/23661374/elon-musk-ai-researchers-pause-research-open-letter
A number of well-known AI researchers — and Elon Musk — have signed an open letter calling on AI labs around the world to pause development of large-scale AI systems, citing fears over the “profound risks to society and humanity” they claim this software poses.
The letter, published by the nonprofit Future of Life Institute, notes that AI labs are currently locked in an “out-of-control race” to develop and deploy machine learning systems “that no one — not even their creators — can understand, predict, or reliably control.”
“We call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.”
“Therefore, we call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4,” says the letter. “This pause should be public and verifiable, and include all key actors. If such a pause cannot be enacted quickly, governments should step in and institute a moratorium.”
Signatories include author Yuval Noah Harari, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn, politician Andrew Yang, and a number of well-known AI researchers and CEOs, including Stuart Russell, Yoshua Bengio, Gary Marcus, and Emad Mostaque. The full list of signatories can be seen here, though new names should be treated with caution as there are reports of names being added to the list as a joke (e.g. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, an individual who is partly responsible for the current race dynamic in AI).
The letter is unlikely to have any effect on the current climate in AI research, which has seen tech companies like Google and Microsoft rush to deploy new products, often sidelining previously-avowed concerns over safety and ethics. But it is a sign of the growing opposition to this “ship it now and fix it later” approach; an opposition that could potentially make its way into the political domain for consideration by actual legislators.
As noted in the letter, even OpenAI itself has expressed the potential need for “independent review” of future AI systems to ensure they meet safety standards. The signatories say that this time has now come.
“AI labs and independent experts should use this pause to jointly develop and implement a set of shared safety protocols for advanced AI design and development that are rigorously audited and overseen by independent outside experts,” they write. “These protocols should ensure that systems adhering to them are safe beyond a reasonable doubt.”
You can read the letter in full here.
