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It isn't AI specifically. Any intelligence capable of taking over or shutting down a wide range of systems, or even just a few critical ones, needs to be closel

It isn't AI specifically. Any intelligence capable of taking over or shutting down a wide range of systems, or even just a few critical ones, needs to be closely monitored if there is more than a small chance of it causing massive harm. Now, if that intelligence also far exceeds our own in certain aspects but is not empathetic enough, and if it were to have a keen understanding of how to control humans, and if it were much more able to quickly control and adapt software and hardware, then it would become a much bigger risk. But, you're right- in theory, there could be a natural intelligence that could be the same level of risk as an artificial one. Most of us, including myself, are just not aware of one.

fennecfoxen 11y ago
> Any intelligence capable of taking over or shutting down a wide range of systems, That's a thing I don't care for about most science-fiction. The AI entity can just magically take over every technology it's connected to, because magic. No concern about the computational complexity of breaking the code-signing certificates on the affected computers. It's like everything on the Internet of Things is hopelessly and completely insecure! ... okay now that I type that out, maybe that's more realistic than I gave it credit for after all ... :b