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Re:We need a Butlerian Jihad against AI by bpodgursky on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @06:10PM (#27766308)
That's exactly my point. I did, explicitly, say it was unpleasant, and something you should only do in extremis -- when you genuinely believe that extinction a likely alternative.

But the US could absolutely glass every semiconductor fab (and datacenter, and research facility) in mainland China using a combination of conventional + atomic kinetic options.

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Re:We need a Butlerian Jihad against AI by killingtime74 on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @06:40PM (#27766580)
I guess we agree then. That would lead to the end of the human race
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Re:We need a Butlerian Jihad against AI by bpodgursky on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @07:57PM (#27767132)
No, that's almost certainly incorrect. Here's a decent summary of current research: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/sT6NxFxso6Z9xjS7o/nuclear-wa...

It would be an unthinkable catastrophe, but almost certainly not the end of the human race (and likely not even modern civilization).

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