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Re:Statement on AI Risk by camel-cdr on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @09:22AM (#36124579)
> I would love to hear a plausible story of how AI will lead to human extinction that wouldn't happen with traditional non-AI tech.

The proposed FOOM scenarios obviously borrow from what we already know to be possible or think it would likely be possible using current tech, given an proposed insanely more intelligent agent than us.

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Re:Statement on AI Risk by randomdata on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @10:13AM (#36125105)
What would be in for a more intelligent agent to get rid of us? We are likely useful tools and, at worst, a curious zoo oddity. We have never been content when we have caused extinction. A more intelligent agent will have greater wherewithal to avoid doing the same.

'Able to play chess'-level AI is the greater concern, allowing humans to create more unavoidable tools of war. But we've been doing that for decades, perhaps even centuries.

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Re:Statement on AI Risk by sebzim4500 on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @12:31PM (#36126886)
>We have never been content when we have caused extinction.

err what? Apparently there are 1 million species under threat of human caused extinction [1].

[1] https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/1-million-species-under...

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Re:Statement on AI Risk by randomdata on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @07:33PM (#36132619)
I don’t get it. We’re not as intelligent, per the original premise and you’re just echoing that premise.
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