Re:We could stumble into AI catastrophe
by UncleOxidant on Friday January 13, 2023 @04:38PM
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> Machines beating humans at business. In some areas, AI systems may generate better returns than humans.
This was part of what was going on in the recent novel "Mountain in the Sea". An AI-controlled fishing corporation figured out that replacing robots with enslaved humans on it's AI controlled fishing fleet was more cost effective (the ocean air was hell on the robots apparently, they kept breaking). Each fishing boat was controlled by an AI which had the objective of maximizing profits. As a result the oceans were being depleted of fish at a rapid rate.
This was part of what was going on in the recent novel "Mountain in the Sea". An AI-controlled fishing corporation figured out that replacing robots with enslaved humans on it's AI controlled fishing fleet was more cost effective (the ocean air was hell on the robots apparently, they kept breaking). Each fishing boat was controlled by an AI which had the objective of maximizing profits. As a result the oceans were being depleted of fish at a rapid rate.