@Olap to TechnologyEnglish • 5 days ago‘Godfather of AI’ shortens odds of the technology wiping out humanity over next 30 yearswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square53arrow-up1237arrow-down142file-textcross-posted to: news
arrow-up1195arrow-down1external-link‘Godfather of AI’ shortens odds of the technology wiping out humanity over next 30 yearswww.theguardian.com@Olap to TechnologyEnglish • 5 days agomessage-square53file-textcross-posted to: news
Great headline, but ask fusion how long they have been 20 years away and how many more years they have…
minus-squareTransient PunklinkfedilinkEnglish18•5 days agoWe are the “creators” of AI, so if it wipes us out, that would be us wiping ourselves out. In the end, short of a natural disaster (not climate change), we will be our own doom.
minus-squareIninewCrowlinkfedilinkEnglish4•4 days agoMy thinking is that we will probably wipe ourselves out ourselves through war / conflict / nuclear holocaust before AI ever gets to the point of having any kind of power or influence to affect the planet or humanity as a whole.
We are the “creators” of AI, so if it wipes us out, that would be us wiping ourselves out.
In the end, short of a natural disaster (not climate change), we will be our own doom.
My thinking is that we will probably wipe ourselves out ourselves through war / conflict / nuclear holocaust before AI ever gets to the point of having any kind of power or influence to affect the planet or humanity as a whole.