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1. stephbook · 1790599773 · focus · HN ↗

   We've had movies like Terminator, Matrix, or i, Robot. Black Mirror Metalhead. Boston dynamics robo dog with a knife or a gun. Humanoids doing back flips. Memes making fun of how we are going to fight these for access to water.

   The intelligence is there and so is the physical incarnation.

   Google's models fold proteins better than humans and Covid might have been engineered and inadvertently escaped from a lab.

   But when CEOs warn of that, they're dismissed as scare mongers. Why? Are only powerless internet commentators allowed to be fearful?

   1. bamboozled · 1790603386 · focus · HN ↗

      But when CEOs warn of that, they're dismissed as scare mongers. Why? Are only powerless internet commentators allowed to be fearful?

      Well are they going to stop developing the tech or not? If not, then you can see why people don't trust what they're saying. I mean if it's that dangerous, why not step down from your role as CEO to demonstrate how seriously you take the threat? Why not immediately call a pause on all training, today ?

      1. WarmWash · 1790606045 · focus · HN ↗

         If there is one gun in the room, who do you trust most to hold it?

         Only suckers say "not me".

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