Google DeepMind Just Hired A Philosopher And Here’s Why That’s Terrifying

HHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNMMMPHHHHHHHHHHHUUUUUUUUUUU

Look, this is good news really, should have been done from the start. I know some people think that philosophers are useless, but when big tech has dived in headfirst into maybe the most complex moral and existential questions humanity has ever faced, it seems insane in hindsight that they didn’t think to hire a lifeguard.

But then on the other hand to some extent it’s more AI hype, like, please, please, please, HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY IT: AI IS NOT ‘AI’. It is not conscious, it’s not intelligent and hiring a philosopher I’m worried is just a marketing strategy to signal to investors that yeah, we’re on the brink of human-level intelligence here.

I hope it’s not just that, I’m just so weary of these fuckos because all they do is lie and hype and lie some more. Everything is marketing to these people.

But I hope this is an exception, because if anyone needs a philosopher on board it’s the people who outsourced their moral compass to ChatGPT years ago.

The philosopher in question is Henry Shevlin, former associate director at the University of Cambridge’s Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence.

Writing on LinkedIn Shevlin said, “It’s a rare privilege to work on questions I’ve spent my career thinking about, now with the resources and urgency that come with being inside one of the world’s leading AI labs.”

Oh wait, I forgot about my clickbait headline, sorry, I always do that. So, why is this terrifying? Well I guess the placement implies AI is super sophisticated and needs reigning in by a philosopher. But yeah, like I said, that’s just hype. Please ignore my shitty titles, they really are just to get you in the door, but you knew that right?

God, I’m just as bad as the AI hype men!! AAHHHHHHH!!!!! HHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNMMMPHHHHHHHHHHHUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!

Half Of Planned US Data Centers Have Been Delayed Or Canceled, What’s Really Happening?

Companies that have been investing over $600 billion dollars in data centers failed to con...

Tech

Next Gen AI Is “Too Powerful” For General Public Says Anthropic, But Is It All Hype?

Anthropic on Tuesday announced Project Glasswing, a sweeping cybersecurity initiative that...

Tech

OpenAI Still Can’t Turn A Profit Until “At Least” 2030 Despite $121b AI Spending In 2028

I couldn’t actually find this headline outside of a tweet, but I buy it. AI can’t make...

Tech

Latest news