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Re:Statement on AI Risk by computerphage on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @03:31AM (#36135534)
I disagree that there's no reason to believe it will ever exist. For one thing, many smart people are trying to build the technology right now and they believe it to be possible. I see no compelling case that the intelligence scale simply tops-out with humans; that a more intelligent system is ruled out by the laws of physics.

The topic here is human extinction caused by AI. I don't know of any serious argument for why a non-general intelligence (really a system less intelligent than a human) would pose an extinction risk to humanity.

Plus, my background understanding of the people who signed this is that they're worried about AGI, not present-day systems, but that's an inference.

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Re:Statement on AI Risk by frankzinger on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @03:49PM (#36143235)
Maybe these AI Apocalypse articles published for general consumption would be justified if there were any signs whatsoever that we were on a path towards AGI but there are none, are there? Even the best we have today are still just machines. They are clearly not really intelligent. At best they simulate intelligence, but poorly (because they still make ridiculous mistakes). Just because there are no physical limits to intelligence doesn't mean it's possible for beings with finite intelligence to create infinite intelligence. It all just seems extremely premature to me.
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