Olap@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago‘Godfather of AI’ shortens odds of the technology wiping out humanity over next 30 yearswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1238arrow-down142file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1196arrow-down1external-link‘Godfather of AI’ shortens odds of the technology wiping out humanity over next 30 yearswww.theguardian.comOlap@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
Great headline, but ask fusion how long they have been 20 years away and how many more years they have…
minus-squareTransient Punk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 days agoWe are the “creators” of AI, so if it wipes us out, that would be us wiping ourselves out. In the end, short of a natural disaster (not climate change), we will be our own doom.
minus-squareIninewCrowlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoMy thinking is that we will probably wipe ourselves out ourselves through war / conflict / nuclear holocaust before AI ever gets to the point of having any kind of power or influence to affect the planet or humanity as a whole.
We are the “creators” of AI, so if it wipes us out, that would be us wiping ourselves out.
In the end, short of a natural disaster (not climate change), we will be our own doom.
My thinking is that we will probably wipe ourselves out ourselves through war / conflict / nuclear holocaust before AI ever gets to the point of having any kind of power or influence to affect the planet or humanity as a whole.