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Re:Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is re... by RandomLensman on Thursday November 02, 2023 @04:13PM (#38119405)
How would you feel if militaries planned for fighting Egyptian gods? Just because I can imagine something doesn't mean it is real and that it needs planning for. Using effort on imaginary risks isn't free.
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Re:Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is re... by TeMPOraL on Friday November 03, 2023 @09:07AM (#38128134)
That's long covered already. Ever heard of the StarGate franchise? That's literally an Air Force approved exercise in fighting Ancient Egyptian gods with modern weapons :).

More seriously though, Egyptian gods are equivalent to aliens in general, and adjacent to AI, and close enough to fighting a nation that somehow made a major tech leap, so militaries absolutely plan for that.

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