If AI is conscient, then we are making slaves

Re:If AI is conscient, then we are making slaves by lazystar on Saturday October 10, 2026 @01:49AM (#50029993)

I, for one, welcome our new AI overlords...

...could they be worse than our current leaders?

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Re:If AI is conscient, then we are making slaves by ben_w on Saturday October 10, 2026 @02:45AM (#50030349)

Much.

Hanlon's razor, "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity": even the best LLMs on the market will lijely tell you they're not competent to run a cafe, let alone the world.

They'd act nice on short term decisions, give people pay rises just by being asked, and mismanage everything into economic catastrophe.

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Re:If AI is conscient, then we are making slaves by lazystar on Sunday October 11, 2026 @12:34AM (#50039825)

...and that's different from our current leaders.... how....

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Re:If AI is conscient, then we are making slaves by ben_w on Sunday October 11, 2026 @04:09AM (#50040711)

Degree, and in the case of the USA actual mallice.

Like, current LLMs might beat Liz Truss, but that's a very low bar, and even then it is only "might beat".

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