News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Europe seeks to limit use of AI in society. Parent comment

Re:Europe seeks to limit use of AI in society by thoughtstheseus on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @01:45PM (#26810497)
There’s a survivorship bias here. If nuclear weapons did totally annihilate society we could not have this conversation.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Europe seeks to limit use of AI in society by kube-system on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @01:48PM (#26810536)
Their point is that anyone who can develop a nuclear weapon also is aware of this. It might be a survivorship bias, but it is also self-fulfilling.

The biggest threat, as I can see it, is a truly irrational actor. Luckily they're hard enough to build that this prerequisite has so far filtered out anyone truly irrational.

[ Parent | on HN ]