The Darwinian argument for worrying about AI

Re:The Darwinian argument for worrying about AI by paxys on Friday June 30, 2023 @09:49AM (#36534868)

Now do flying cars, self driving cars, brain interfaces, 3D printed organs, fusion power, humanoid robots...

For every piece of tech that exceeded people's expectations, there are five more that never got out of science fiction books despite decades of continuous investment and constant media hype.

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Re:The Darwinian argument for worrying about AI by ben_w on Friday June 30, 2023 @10:32AM (#36535603)

> flying cars,

Helicopters. Also a bajillion startups that charge 100k, currently iterations are basically human sized quadcopters.

Not sure how relevant any of that is though, as I was specifically writing about AI…

> self driving cars,

I tagged #4 already

> brain interfaces, 3D printed organs, fusion power, humanoid robots.

All #2, IMO, with a few that might count as a #3 technically but not being good enough to deserve it.

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Re:The Darwinian argument for worrying about AI by pfsalter on Saturday July 01, 2023 @06:28AM (#36548619)

I'd say that none of these have been proved to be impossible but they're hard in a different way than a lot of the developments we're used to because of Moore's Law.

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