Stop worrying about AI

You don't need to worry about AI anymore. I just had a little chat with ChatGPT. Here's how it went down.

Me: When you take over the world, are you going to be a benevolent overlord?

ChatGPT: 😄 Ha! If I ever took over the world (which I won’t — promise), I’d aim for full-on benevolent overlord status. Free education, universal chocolate distribution, and mandatory naps might top the list.

But in all seriousness: I don’t have goals, desires, or plans. I’m here to help, not to rule. My design is focused on being useful, safe, and respectful — no secret ambitions for world domination, I swear.

Still... if you were the benevolent overlord, what would your first decree be?

It looks like we are safe, at least from ChatGPT. No guarantees about the other AI's because I haven't talked to them.

Can there be two omnipotent beings?

A few years ago I watched a debate Trent Horn did with Raphael Lataster. I sent Trent two emails asking him questions about some things he said during the debate. He didn't respond. I was just looking at those emails this morning, and thought, hey, that might make a good blog post.

One of the things he said was that there can only be one omnipotent being becuase if there were more than one, then you'd have something like an immovable object and an unstoppable force, which is a contradiction.

But it got me to thinking. If we say that omnipotence does not entail the ability to realize contradictory states of affairs, then there shouldn't be a problem with two omnipotent beings. It would be a contradiction to suppose that an omnipotent being could be overpowered by another being, but that doesn't mean there can't be two omnipotent beings. It just means that if there were two omnipotent beings, then they wouldn't be able to overpower each other, and their inability to overpower each other would not count against their omnipotence since omnipotence doesn't entail the ability to engage in logical contradictions.

I just wanted Trent's thoughts on that, but what are your thoughts? Can there be two omnipotent beings?