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Re:Elon Musk says he's terrified of AI taking over the world by mac01021 on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @10:21PM (#23993750)
A synthetic, autonomous agent as generally intelligent as human, or an order of magnitude moreso, could indeed be terrifying.

But who's going to give such an intelligence any degree of autonomy?

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Re:Elon Musk says he's terrified of AI taking over the world by buzzerbetrayed on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @10:53PM (#23994042)
Something 100x smarter than a human is going to figure out how to get a body, or something equally useful.
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Re:Elon Musk says he's terrified of AI taking over the world by cyberbanjo on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @10:43PM (#23993936)
Why would it be given and not taken?

"Power concedes nothing without a demand" -Frederick Douglas

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Re:Elon Musk says he's terrified of AI taking over the world by mac01021 on Thursday July 30, 2020 @06:17AM (#23996448)
Because you need some autonomy to take more autonomy.
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