I think it's all to play for, the future that we create using AI technologies. If we don't engage though as citizens then it probably is game over, yes.
The folks at OpenAI like Sam Altman are certainly very aware of the potential hazards of LLMs and advanced AI generally, and Elon Musk famously is. The fact is though, these technologies exist and we can't bury our heads in the sand. There is also an enormous upside if we, as a society, marshal the technology and regulate it properly.
I think a degree of nervousness is an appropriate reaction, I'm a little nervous. I'm also excited about the potential. I also see it as a somewhat inevitable evolution of computers. From at least the early 1950s this was "the plan" in a sense. Alan Turing certainly thought so.
But yes, nervousness is warranted. We must tread carefully.
The folks at OpenAI like Sam Altman are certainly very aware of the potential hazards of LLMs and advanced AI generally, and Elon Musk famously is. The fact is though, these technologies exist and we can't bury our heads in the sand. There is also an enormous upside if we, as a society, marshal the technology and regulate it properly.
I think a degree of nervousness is an appropriate reaction, I'm a little nervous. I'm also excited about the potential. I also see it as a somewhat inevitable evolution of computers. From at least the early 1950s this was "the plan" in a sense. Alan Turing certainly thought so.
But yes, nervousness is warranted. We must tread carefully.