Artificial super-intelligence probably leads to extinction (www.lesswrong.com)

submitted 1 year ago by rimu@piefed.social to c/technology@piefed.social

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There isn’t a ceiling at human-level capabilities. ASI is very likely to exhibit goal-oriented behavior. ASI is very likely to pursue the wrong goals. It would be lethally dangerous to build ASIs that have the wrong goals. Catastrophe can be averted via a sufficiently aggressive policy response.

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[-] RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

LessWrong👎🏼

[-] patatas@piefed.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Hypothetical SuperMegaDeathVirus could lead to human extinction, very serious people are saying

[-] blarghly@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I used to seriously consider this to be something worth hearing about. Then I listened to big Yud's interiew on econtalk.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago

coined by a tech company CEO, not even that relevant. its like a layperson coining diseases that dont exist in any medical journal or even in the industry.

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