RE: https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/117384417485142688
I just watched this. Highly recommended. It starts a bit slow IMO but lays out important history of eugenics in US academia going back to the 19th century. Stick with it.
By the end I worried about nightmares, not because #AI will exterminate humans, but because handful of [centibi/tri]llionaires has consolidated wealth, power, & data and allied with fascist authoritarians. Even worse, quite a few AI “leaders” are devoted to an insane fringe cult*.
*TESCREAL, effective altruism, “rationalists”
Have you seen Ghost in the Machine yet? If not, you are in for a treat --- a thoughtful, wry deep dive into the history, present, and ideology of "AI". Streaming for free on PBS's YouTube channel in the US & Korea, rentable on Kinema elsewhere.
