28nov2022 t1_ja2f947 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 9:36 AM

All technology can be used harmfully but that is a shallow application, there's so much more interesting things out can be used for.

For example rockets led to landing on the moon, atomic research led to medical advances

LizardWizard444 t1_ja2yjpg wrote on February 26, 2023 at 1:32 PM

.....yes the nanobot swarm graygooing the cities and people is admittedly interested but I'D STILL RATHER WE NEVER MADE IT AND DODGED THE BULLET WHEN WE HAD THE CHANCE

A fundamental computer science principle concerning basic algorithms "you should always expect the worst case scenario" is so under considered in these kinds of discussions that I'm fully expecting us to be doomed.

HOW THE HELL DO YOU COME TO THE CONCLUSION WHEN THE REASON WE MADE THE ROCKETS AND NUKES WAS AS WEAPONS FIRST. WE LITERALLY WANTED TO USE THEM TO KILL WELL BEFORE WE THOUGHT ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE

Not to mention AI is so much worse than any of those largely because the nukes and rockets don't unexpectedly turn on you one day and begin processes of destruction no one properly considered because PEOPLE ASSUME AGI WILL RANDOMLY BE BENEVOLENT

liatrisinbloom t1_ja35q9r wrote on February 26, 2023 at 2:32 PM

It's not worth debating their short-sightedness. They want to build the shiny purely for the bragging rights, even if it ends up killing everybody.