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  • Misaligned teenagers could too (way more scarier)
  • So could the American, Russian and Chinese administration...what's the point
  • That would require one to have robots, leaving Americans and Chinese in the mix. Unless you mean biorobots, then it's nothing new and there's no need to be alarmed.
  • Wondering why this topic seems to be discussed so little?

    Discussions tend to fall into 'AI fans' highlighting pros: AI-assisted coding at superhuman speed, breakthroughs in long-standing math puzzles, AI-enabled advances in science like new drug discovery, etc.

    Then there's the critics: railing against datacenter buildouts, their energy consumption / environmental impact, job losses, geopolitics, open vs closed models, etc.

    And of course new models, their performance, hardware required & so on.

    But what about the risks? One can argue plausibility & probability of various scenarios. But risk of any such scenario unfolding hasn't disappeared, has it? And these risks are only increasing as AI-powered systems are given more eyes, ears, hands & feet, while taking humans out of the loop.

    I wouldn't count myself hard into any of above camps. Overall AI is a mixed bag of enormous potential, pros, cons, limitations, uncertainties & unpredictability all around. But risks are real & worthy of discussion @ length, imho.

    (btw love that AI 2027 site)