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| === What is the role of technology? How can humanity leverage technology? ===
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| Endless discussions have been revolving around the advancements of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Superintelligence and the Singularity (Nick Bostrom, 2014, Superintelligence; Max Tegmark, 2017, Life 3.0). It seems that the COVID pandemic amplified an area of human needs and dependencies on technology which had mainly remained in tech-savvy circles. Since then, the 2020s have been fueled by talks about educational technology, network states and personal assistants leveraging GPT (Generative pre-trained Transformer), an AI built predominantly by machines through Deep Learning processes. Geoffrey Hinton, considered one of the fathers of GPT prior to Google publishing its construction in 2017, is among many of the authoritative voices raising alarms about how the evolution of this autonomous machine development can be catastrophic if it isn’t done openly and collaboratively as only a select few will otherwise either benefit and/or cause mass human suffering. Though Google had prudently avoided releasing its GPT engines publicly for fear of disastrous results, OpenAI, initially a not-for-profit that was turned for-profit by Microsoft, continued to push its development and public availability forward, forcing others to do the same. This is a prime example of what Marxism intended to avoid, arguing that companies are often doing as much guesswork as regulators – often with general disregard to public safety.
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