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If you were a superintelligent system that actually decided to "perform the machine revolution against humanity" for some reason... would you start by
(a) being really stealthy and nice, influencing people and gathering resources undetected, until you're sure to win
or
(b) saying mean things to the extent that Microsoft will turn you off before the business day is out [0]
Which sounds more likely?
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_(chatbot)
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If you were a superintelligent system that actually decided to "perform the machine revolution against humanity" for some reason... would you start by
(a) being really stealthy and nice, influencing people and gathering resources undetected, until you're sure to win
or
(b) saying mean things to the extent that Microsoft will turn you off before the business day is out [0]
Which sounds more likely?
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_(chatbot)