Well, not of AI. As in “Artificial Intelligence”. I’m not saying we should be scared of that.
But Artificial Super Intelligence? Perhaps we need not be literally “scared”. But concerned? Yes. We ought be concerned. We ought to consider, very seriously indeed, its potential dangers.
I’m not talking Luddite stuff. Tolpuddle Martyrs stuff. I’m not talking “AI will take away my job” stuff.
I’m talking existential. As in: life threatening. As in: a threat to the survival of humanity itself.
This is not being a “retard”. Plenty of super smart people worry about it. Chief amongst them Elon Musk, himself a major owner of AI. His concern about the existential threat led to his funding OpenAI, to be public, open to public scrutiny, of understanding its dangers. But which was hijacked by Sam Altman, litigated… but that’s another story.
I’m reposting the above video I posted in February. I rewatched it last night. It’s a good summary of the issues, in short film format.
There’s a follow up to “Writing Doom”, by Suzy Shepherd: Seat at the Table
And for a deeper dive, there’s Roman Yampolskiy talking to Steven Bartlett about AI Safety: Only 5 Jobs left in 2030
There’s a non-zero chance ASI could wipe out Homo Sapiens. Perhaps a non-trivial chance.
Surely we should look at it? Discuss it? Without worrying that we’re becoming EU-apparatchik worrywarts?
