Will the Profit Motive Fail Us on AI Safety?

null Nov. 27, 2023 11:11 am ETA humanoid AI robot in Geneva, July 5. Photo: fabrice coffrini/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesThe mission of a for-profit company is, well, profit, the greatest return for investors. That’s the profound ethical crisis at the heart of artificial general intelligence development (“Capitalism Works, Says ChatGPT” by Holman Jenkins, Jr., Business World, Nov. 22).Open AI’s nonprofit mission has been to guard humanity against the possible (and seemingly ever more probable) danger of unleashing artificial general intelligence on the world. I respect Mr. Jenkins’s business and political insights, but it can sound naive to say that AI “won’t soon replace the human knack for synthesizing the most valuable insight from a welter of facts.” This seems to be exactly the goal of many transhumanists and the global elite. The speed at which this technology is developing means that it could be a dream or a nightmare in five years. If the controlling factor is mere profit

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Will the Profit Motive Fail Us on AI Safety?

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Nov. 27, 2023 11:11 am ET

A humanoid AI robot in Geneva, July 5. Photo: fabrice coffrini/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

The mission of a for-profit company is, well, profit, the greatest return for investors. That’s the profound ethical crisis at the heart of artificial general intelligence development (“Capitalism Works, Says ChatGPT” by Holman Jenkins, Jr., Business World, Nov. 22).

Open AI’s nonprofit mission has been to guard humanity against the possible (and seemingly ever more probable) danger of unleashing artificial general intelligence on the world. I respect Mr. Jenkins’s business and political insights, but it can sound naive to say that AI “won’t soon replace the human knack for synthesizing the most valuable insight from a welter of facts.” This seems to be exactly the goal of many transhumanists and the global elite. The speed at which this technology is developing means that it could be a dream or a nightmare in five years. If the controlling factor is mere profit, look for the nightmare.