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1. reducesuffering · 1791073971 · focus · HN ↗

   “I believe there’s about a 50% chance we all die because of the development of smarter-than-human AI systems, and that our actions over the next two to 10 years will determine the outcome.”

   There are a gargantuan number of extremely intelligent AI researchers and Turing Award winners saying the same thing. They are the ones closest to understanding the technology.

   Where there’s smoke there’s fire.

   1. swingandamiss · 1791074349 · focus · HN ↗

      I don't believe it. Ever since I've been alive I was told something would kill us all. This is the new thing that's going to kill us all. I don't believe it.

      1. pixl97 · 1791077393 · focus · HN ↗

         I'm doing that HN snark thing, but you didn't think about what you typed very much.

         It's no different than you living on the side of a very fertile mountain that has been in your family for generations living a peaceful life. Then you hear a few weird rumbles (this is where you are right now) and some odd geologist guy comes and says to run or your going to die soon. But hey, your family live here for so long there aren't even records of when they showed up. That geologist must be trying to trick you. So you stay.

         The next chapter is where you die in a massive volcanic explosion.

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