To be absolutely clear: this post is NOT pro-AI.

I'm saying that, for better or for worse, it exists, and people are using it, and will keep using it.

It's like cars. I can totally understand why people would be against cars as a whole.
But they're here right now, they're being used right now, and the risks exist right now.
So you need rules and laws to avoid problems, cuz even if course ideally one might say we get rid of the entire concept so you don't have the problem, that's not realistic.

Addendum 2: actually you know what, it's fine to hate AI, it's fine to hate cars, and want things gone, just make sure that you ALSO fight for actual legislation and safety regulation and what not else. That's my main point in the end; for better or worse they are here and have to be dealt with right now

And regulating is literally about avoiding what you don't like. I think the anti AI camp makes excellent points, just, they're entirely ignored when they're packaged in blind hate w/o direction

@anthropy I think a good analogy to draw here is crime. Nobody wants to get robbed or injured or whatever, so obviously people hate crime. Nobody wants crime. But as much as you may shout "crime is bad, it must be banned", it will never go away. Refusing to think about other solutions to protect people only does one thing: make you feel good, because you can declare yourself morally superior by claiming that acceptance of anything beside an absolute ban is accepting crime to a capacity. What many people don't see is that this kind of absolutism is essentially inaction and contributes less to our society than those who they perceive as enemies.

@volpeon exactly this!!

Politics sucks but the universe doesn't deal in absolutes, you need to somehow try and get everyone to agree enough to make a reasonable compromise in reality.

Because as much as you're entitled to not like some other people or their opinions, you still share the world with them, and they're entitled to human rights as much as you are.

I genuinely feel like this concept is lost on many people in today's age, where everyone has significantly narrowed their social scope.