Intelligence is not Enough | Bryan Cantrill | Monktoberfest 2023

Intelligence is not Enough One of the most common attitudes with respect to AI today is the so-called “doomerism,” the idea that AI technologies are inevitably fated to present an existential risk to humanity. This talk takes that idea on head first, systematically examining the theoretical risks versus the reality on the ground, taking a skeptical but thoughtful view to how we balance the potential of the technology with the varying risks AI may - or may not - represent.

…can't do that when the pressure is on to ship in unsustainable ways! Failure is not an option. We spent all that money writing that MVP, what do you mean you need a team to just maintain it? We have features to build!! Not everyone is competitive enough to work with excellent engineering culture and we trade mental health in for it sometimes. 0: link to this video…

the strong needs to just take whatever it wants, and so be it? there's no separating technology from context, as in consequences. yes, all the talk about bombing datacenters is crazy, but oversight is not. link to this video

…agree with your indignation that poor corporate behavior should not be the status quo! 0 Principles of Technology Leadership , link (2017) 1 Andreessen's Corollary: Ethical Dilemmas in Software Engineering , link (2019) 2 (Anti-)application Video for YC120 , link (2019) 3 Coming Of Age , link (2022) 4 Intelligence is not Enough , link to this video (2023)…