Senator Britt just dropped a statistic on CNN that should stop the entire timeline: 9% of high schoolers have made a plan to commit suicide.
Read that again. Nearly 1 in 10 kids is looking for an exit.
I am obviously not anti-AI. I build in this space. I believe in the tech.
But I am deeply concerned about the velocity we are moving at without any real safety discussions.
We are pouring billions into "AI Safety" to ensure the models don't say offensive things.
Meanwhile, we are ignoring the "Human Safety" crisis of deploying hyper-persuasive, always-on digital companions to a generation that is already on the brink.
If you introduce a super-intelligence to a population suffering from a meaning crisis, you don't get "utopia." You get addiction.
We are accelerating the car while the passengers are jumping out the windows.
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We are solving the wrong alignment problem.
Senator Britt just dropped a statistic on CNN that should stop the entire timeline: 9% of high schoolers have made a plan to commit suicide.
Read that again. Nearly 1 in 10 kids is looking for an exit.
I am obviously not anti-AI. I build in this space. I believe in the tech.
But I am deeply concerned about the velocity we are moving at
without any real safety discussions.
We are pouring billions into "AI Safety" to ensure the models don't say offensive things.
Meanwhile, we are ignoring the "Human Safety" crisis of deploying hyper-persuasive, always-on digital companions to a generation that is already on the brink.
If you introduce a super-intelligence to a population suffering from a meaning crisis, you don't get "utopia." You get addiction.
We are accelerating the car while the passengers are jumping out the windows.