{"id":4614,"date":"2024-06-07T20:17:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T14:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/?p=4614"},"modified":"2024-06-07T20:17:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T14:47:06","slug":"ai-safety-people-would-have-mobbed-prometheus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2024\/personal\/ai-safety-people-would-have-mobbed-prometheus.html\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;AI-Safety&#8221; People Would have Mobbed Prometheus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ever get the impression that if the AI doomers and safety people had been around, they would have <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prometheus\">mobbed poor Prometheus for stealing fire from Olympus<\/a> and bringing it to humanity? They would say &#8220;Fire is too dangerous, and should only be in the hands of a few elect people&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AI is for humanity, for everyone to use freely. 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