Re:Statement on AI Risk
by RandomLensman on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @02:41PM
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Do you think we could wipe out all furry mammals, for example? Could another intelligence have the same level of difference to us as in your story we to furry mammals? We don't even know if the mythical superintelligence could manifest the way you assume. It assumes that intelligence basically can overcome any obstacles - I'd say we actually see that seems not to be the case currently and claims that that is just a function of sufficient intelligence are unproven (setting aside physical limits to certain actions and results).
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>Do you think we could wipe out all furry mammals, for example?
lets go with over a particular size. Lets say larger than the biggest rat. In that case yes, very easily. Once you get to rats it becomes far more difficult and you're pretty much just destroying the biosphere at that point.
> It assumes that intelligence basically can overcome any obstacles
In the case of human extinction, no, a super intelligence would not have to overcome any obstacles, it would just have to overcome obstacles better than we did.
Re:Statement on AI Risk
by RandomLensman on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @03:41PM
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So that is a "no" on all furry mammals.
Also, the superintelligence doesn't just have to overcome obstacles better than we did, it needs to overcome the right obstacles to succeed with human extinction.