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How, Exactly, Could A.I. Kill Us?

38 points · 110 comments · pseudolus

  1. epsteingpt · · focus · HN ↗
    A really, really good question!
    1. p-e-w · · focus · HN ↗
      Not really. The answer is completely obvious: Take over and destroy the digital infrastructure that humans have spent the past 30 years connecting every aspect of civilization to.

      Good luck ordering supplies for a hospital or grocery store today without the Internet. Paper catalogs are gone, fax machines are mostly gone, landlines are mostly gone, etc. etc. All the ways that used to be there for running things are gone, it’s all online.

      1. Yossarrian22 · · focus · HN ↗
        You'd have mass casualties on a hitherto unseen scale, but hardly an extinction
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