Hope For Humanity (ARC): 'Our civilization's new operating system' – AI will shape the future, but who will shape AI?

"Every technology revolution presents a choice, build for freedom or watch as others build for control."

"Elon Musk speaks of raising AI to be truth seeking. We must ask what kind of truth and sought in what way. Because there are two fundamentally different answers. The centralized approach treats truth as a monolith, something decreed by the few, frozen into doctrine, enforced by machines. This is the AI Ministry of Truth, an Orwellian oracle dispensing approved answers through opaque mechanisms. The danger here runs deeper than censorship in the name of alignment or safety. These systems won't just suppress certain viewpoints. They will gradually, imperceptibly narrow the bounds of thought itself, homogenizing and flattening our intellectual landscape.

"The alternative is a vibrant marketplace of ideas where truth emerges from the clash of perspectives not from authorities decree. Here knowledge grows and evolves and is shaped by contestation. It draws upon wisdom past and present and every mind becomes an active participant and not a passive consumer in the search for truth."

"In his keynote, Brendan McCord explored the historical stakes of AI, contrasting control and freedom in past technological revolutions. Brendan calls for philosopher-builders to create AI systems that amplify reason, preserve autonomy, and resist centralization."

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