Will AI deployment lead to further centralization of power in the hands of the few (governments, big tech, profit centers funding AI research...) OR will AI tend to decentralize power, more "evenly distributed", into the hands of everyone?
You raise a very pertinent question about the future of AI. And honestly, it is one that cannot be answered with absolute certainty at this point in time.
However, I encourage us to shift our perspectives a little. Instead of posing a passive question about what will happen, it might be more productive for us to actively decide what future we want. The power of AI isn't just in its capability to predict or determine outcomes; it's also in its ability to facilitate the rapid realization of our aspirations and ideas.
In other words, AI offers us a tool to manifest the reality we desire, faster than ever before in history. The real question, then, is not "what is going to happen?" but rather, "what do we want to happen?"
That's not to say analyzing potential outcomes is unimportant; it's crucial to enrich our understanding of the situation. We need to be aware of all possibilities and prepare ourselves accordingly. However, after digesting all the possible paths, the power remains in our hands to decide where we want to go.
There's a common saying that I find relevant here: "The best way to predict the future is to create it." And now, with tools like AI at our disposal, we're in a better position than ever to do just that.
So, to answer your question directly: The impact of AI on power structures could go either way. It might centralize power further, or it might distribute it more evenly. But ultimately, the outcome depends on us, on the choices we make, and on the vision we have for our collective future.
I'm a geek and we are going through a geek-asm as AI is rapidly shifting our reality.
As such I love podcasts by
Lex Fridman
Yannick kilcher
I only listen to soundcloud and youtube, and often these podcasts are on youtube.
I pay for youtube which makes the experience much more agreeable and user friendly
Here are some AI youtube videos I think are important
I generally just listen to them, though sometimes the visual is useful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K25VPdbAjU : Everything might change forever this century (or we’ll go extinct)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPmNBNPtpBc : Design in Tech Report 2023: Design and Artificial Intelligence with John Maeda | SXSW 2023
funny subtle , but important if the subtle points are catched ( I didn't get it the first time I listened()
https://www.youtube.com/clip/Ugkx9hN6AiKaFBXznuYOIwX-CSdx0sffdgHm : I will give birth to an alien civilization | Max Tegmark and Lex Fridman
Tegmark is brilliant and this is deeply insightful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhYw-VlkXTU : A.I. Dilemma - Tristan Harris & Aza Raskin (my chart on growth of AI was used in presentation)
A pretty good doom and gloom hit piece, the best one I've seen. I'm a bit disturbed by some of their hyperbolic content, but its one of the few presentations that really goes into some of the actual likely issues to be concerned about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbIk7-JPB2c&t=1s : microsoft research Sparks of AGI: early experiments with GPT-4
it doesn't make sense that GPT is showing comprehension of theory of mind , fascinating
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjhIlw3Iffs&t=635s : Ilya Sutskever: The Mastermind Behind GPT-4 and the Future of AI
Ilya is brilliant, maybe a bit scary, but it is clear to me he is one of the few people who have a visceral understanding of LLMs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=880TBXMuzmk : The AI revolution: Google's developers on the future of artificial intelligence | 60 Minute
good for a view of what the public is seeing hearing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNdjxUglnlE&t=1s : Quantum compute and AI
a bit dry and long, but crossing AI and quantum is just so far out
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