Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is real doomsday scenario

Re:Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is re... by JoshTriplett on Thursday November 02, 2023 @10:35AM (#38114066)

There is a massive difference between "there are a few thousand people in the world who might have the specialized knowledge to kill billions" and "anyone with a handful of GPUs or access to a handful of cloud systems could have a conversation with LatestAIUnlimited-900T and make a few specialized mail orders".

The Venn diagram of "people who could arrange to kill most of humanity without being stopped" and "people who want to kill most of humanity" is thankfully the empty set. If the former set expands to millions of people, that may not remain true.

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Re:Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is re... by ipaddr on Thursday November 02, 2023 @11:00AM (#38114423)

But someone could ask the AI how to stop it.

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Re:Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is re... by kaibee on Thursday November 02, 2023 @02:44PM (#38118153)

It tends to be a lot easier to destroy than create, because entropy sucks like that.

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Re:Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is re... by sterlind on Thursday November 02, 2023 @11:47AM (#38115194)

there's a much easier way to create a global pandemic: wait for the next Ebola outbreak, hop on a plane, get infected, fly to NYC and spread your bodily fluids everywhere. I was (pleasantly) surprised that ISIL didn't try this.

and making a pandemic virus is considerably more involved than making "a few specialized mail orders." and if it becomes easier in the future, far better to lock down the mail orders than the knowledge, no?

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Re:Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is re... by NoGravitas on Thursday November 02, 2023 @12:09PM (#38115630)

Thankfully, Ebola is not a good candidate for a global pandemic for a number of reasons. It is much easier to avoid a virus spread by bodily fluid contact than one which is airborne, and Ebola tends to kill its hosts rather quickly. I'm more excited about SARS-CoV-5 (Captain Trips).

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Re:Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is re... by mrguyorama on Thursday November 02, 2023 @04:14PM (#38119438)

Generating bioweapons is not a trivial task even if you know exactly "how to do it". Ask any biologist how easy it is to grow X your very first attempt.

Then remember buying starter cultures for most bioweapons isn't exactly easy and something anyone is allowed to do.

Even an omniscient AI cannot overcome a skill issue

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