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Not all AI workers think the tech could kill everyone

26 points · 23 comments · Lyngbakr

  1. infinite_spin · · focus · HN ↗
    This argument should be reframed as "AI has the potential to cause catastrophic loss of life". It's too high of a bar to prove that AI will "wipe out humanity". It's sorta like climate change, it's easier to show that weather patterns are becoming increasingly dangerous.
    1. senectus1 · · focus · HN ↗
      not just, its also very likley to be the tool used to create civil unrest and even war.

      the damage it can do to the masses by misinformation or ragebating by feeding everyone its own paticular echo chamber is was too often not even spoken about.

      1. infinite_spin · · focus · HN ↗
        Agreed, and while I want to see AGI come into existence, I'm also for policies aimed at harm reduction. This doesn't have to be an all or nothing form of argument.
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