Re:What is the A.I.’s existential threat to humanity?
by boraoztunc on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @04:09AM
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Concerns: Some argue that A.I. is improving so rapidly that it has already surpassed human performance in some areas, and that it will soon surpass it in others.
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Re:What is the A.I.’s existential threat to humanity?
by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @08:56AM
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Sure. I can buy a car that can go faster than I can sprint, too. That's not an existential risk; that's just a better tool.
How do people realistically get from "it can outperform us" to "therefore we all die"?
Threat to upend our society? Sure. So did the industrial revolution, and the agriculture revolution. And most of us don't want to go back.
Re:What is the A.I.’s existential threat to humanity?
by senttoschool on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @10:01AM
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>How do people realistically get from "it can outperform us" to "therefore we all die"?
It's the year 2023. The "it can kill us all" narrative is 2030+ range as far as I know.
>Sure. I can buy a car that can go faster than I can sprint, too. That's not an existential risk; that's just a better tool.
Not exactly the same. The nuclear bomb can do a lot more damage than a human can physically. Nuclear bombs are an existential risk. Some people equate the development of AI as the same as nuclear bombs.