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The AI dooooooom thread

Started by Hamilcar, April 06, 2023, 12:44:43 PM

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The Minsky Moment

The two possible states of AI:
1) AI is too stupid to be really useful (where we are now).
2) AI is clever enough to be useful but then humans are too stupid to safely control it (where we are going to)

Either way we are out a few trillion.
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There is a third option, AI tools produce work that is mediocre and humans put too much trust in it's capabilities and are not putting enough effort into verifying what the AI tools are doing.

Also ends in disaster
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