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The AI Threat That Worries Him More Than AGI

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Author: Composio · Watch on YouTube

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Original language: English

Original video: The AI Threat That Worries Him More Than AGI · Channel: Composio · 00:00 · Watch on YouTube

Topics: Enterprise AI applications, Health and science

The speaker is more concerned about humans becoming like AI than AI becoming like humans. They say that around the time ChatGPT launched, they noticed a change in the quality of admissions essays. They connect this concern to cognitive atrophy, citing London taxi drivers’ reduced ability to navigate without GPS. The speaker also warns that reliance on technology can make people less confident in their own decisions.

  • The speaker fears humans becoming more like AI more than AI becoming more like humans.
  • They noticed a change in admissions essay quality around the time ChatGPT came out.
  • The speaker describes the risk of cognitive atrophy.
  • London taxi drivers reportedly became much worse at navigating without GPS after its introduction.
  • Dependence on tools may weaken people’s confidence in their own decisions.
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00:00 Human reliance on AI and technology The speaker describes concerns about cognitive atrophy, changes in admissions essays, reliance on GPS, and reduced confidence in personal decisions.

I’m way more afraid of humans becoming more like AI than AI becoming more like humans — 00:00

suddenly the quality of essays that you end up getting in admissions went up. — 00:00

their ability to navigate without GPS went down dramatically — 00:00

You become less confident in your decisions. — 00:00

AGI, ChatGPT, GPS, atrofia cognitiva

00:00 I’m way more afraid of humans becoming more like AI [music] than AI becoming more like humans because I see this around the time chat GPT came out was when I started noticing [music] weirdness in academia in the sense that suddenly the quality of essays that you end up getting in admissions went up. You have instances of like cognitive atrophy. An example is when GPS was introduced to you taxi drivers in London, their ability to navigate without [music] GPS went down dramatically and that terrifies me. Yeah, you become less confident in your [music] decisions.