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The problem is you could say the exact same thing about an alien invasion (you could literally substitute appropriate analogues in your statement), but you'd be
by argonaut 11y ago
The problem is you could say the exact same thing about an alien invasion (you could literally substitute appropriate analogues in your statement), but you'd be laughed out of the room.
- Houshalter 11y agoWe've searched the skies exhaustively and found no evidence whatsoever of alien civilizations. And why is the Earth is still around after 4 billion years if aliens want it? If they didn't show up in the last few million years, they probably won't in the next few million. Same logic applies to most natural threats like meteors and volcanoes. AI is a threat that is immediate in time. There is plenty of reason to believe we will build it, and probably within our lifetimes. And unlike aliens, there might be something we can do about it. Whereas aliens would be so far beyond us technologically it's very unlikely we can do anything to stop them. I know you are just pattern matching "both of those things are from science fiction, therefore shouldn't be taken seriously". But there are actual reasons why aliens aren't taken seriously and AI is.
- argonaut 11y agoWe've searched the skies exhaustively and found no evidence whatsoever of intelligence * * except [human intelligence] / [human civilization]