Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Los Angeles Times

    A billionaire and a novelist offer two versions of tech's future. Who's right?

    You could be forgiven for thinking the robots have taken over already. Your boss' boss can't stop talking about ChatGPT. The world's most famous artificial intelligence developer, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is apparently unfireable by his human handlers. Long-term thinkers have given us a couple of options about how to consider AI's future, though in the short term, they don't seem like options at ...
    by Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times Dec 20, 2023 4 minutes
    “Wrong Way,” by Joanne McNeil

    You could be forgiven for thinking the robots have taken over already.

    Your boss' boss can't stop talking about ChatGPT. The world's most famous artificial intelligence developer, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is apparently unfireable by his human handlers. Long-term thinkers have given us a couple of options about how to consider AI's future, though in the short term, they don't seem like options at all.

    Option A: The marketplace could develop AI capable of civilization-scale tasks like interplanetary colonization. We must build AI that serves humanity!

    Option B: The marketplace could develop AI capable of civilization-scale tasks like enslaving — or exterminating — people . We must build AI that serves humanity!

    AI might be new, but some philosophies of. Today, it's the venture capitalists with the accelerationist manifestos, the accusations of false consciousness and the impatience with the bourgeois sentimentalists ( and newspaper , for example) who stand in the future's way.

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Los Angeles Times

    Los Angeles Times2 min read
    Fever's Caitlin Clark Cuts Off Reporters For Ignoring Teammate Aliyah Boston At News Conference
    How do you know when it’s the right time to pass? What’s the best advice that’s been given to you during a game? What do you hope your legacy or stamp on the game will be? How do you go about not allowing frustration to affect your relationships with
    Los Angeles Times4 min readAmerican Government
    Mark Z. Barabak: Biden Bumbles, Trump Lies And We All Lose
    There were many firsts attending Thursday night's mud wrestle between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. It was the earliest presidential debate in history. The first between two candidates of such a ripe age. The only one ever pitting the occupant of the
    Los Angeles Times3 min readCrime & Violence
    Supreme Court Rules Cities May Enforce Laws Against Homeless Encampments
    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that cities in California and the West may enforce laws restricting homeless encampments on sidewalks and other public property. In a 6-3 decision, the justices disagreed with the the 9th Circuit Court in S

    Related Books & Audiobooks