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It honestly makes my blood boil when I read "AI will destroy everything" or "kill everyone" or similar. No, its not going to happen. We are nowhere close to that, we never will unintentionally or intentionally create unkillable beings like Terminator just because there is actually no material to build it with to make it par.
Big tech wanting to freeze AI just want to control it themself. Full speed ahead!
It makes my blood boil when people dismiss the risks of ASI without any notable counterargument. Do you honestly think something a billion times smarter than a human would struggle to kill us all if it decided it wanted to? Why would it need a terminator to do it? A virus would be far easier. And who's to say how quickly AI will advance now that AI is directly assisting progress? How can you possibly have any certainty on any timelines or risks at all?
And how can you be certain, if the virus generation its an actual possibility, there won't be another AI already made to combat such viruses?
Sure, I'm not certain at all, maybe, but are you certain enough to bet your life on it?