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Re:Richard Dawkins: If AI Ran the World, Maybe It Would Be a... by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @03:01PM (#15351174)
A silicon based AI might have no use for any carbon based life form. Birds can mess up power lines. Rodents can chew threw cables. I think one of the things AI might do is try to "sterilize" the Earth.
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Re:Richard Dawkins: If AI Ran the World, Maybe It Would Be a... by rgbrenner on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @03:10PM (#15351260)
interfering with powerlines and fiber optic cables -- the things an ai would depend on for life -- may be seen as the equivalent of a terrorist attack by the AI.

Edit: further... using silicon or other resources that the AI needs to reproduce or grow would put us in direct conflict with the AI.

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