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> No, we don't. I haven't seen a computer that I couldn't power off yet, SF movies to the contrary. Ok. Turn off the computer systems that control Russia's nuc
by supernintendo 9y ago
> No, we don't. I haven't seen a computer that I couldn't power off yet, SF movies to the contrary.
Ok. Turn off the computer systems that control Russia's nuclear weapons delivery systems. I'm waiting.
- jacquesm 9y agoNow you're being (even more) silly. Obviously I can't turn that one off any more than I can turn off the refrigerator downstairs from where I'm sitting. But there are people there that can turn it off, and if I was physically present there then I could turn it off.
- supernintendo 9y agoYou're working under the assumption that no one will attempt to use AI to assert power over others, and that the human race will come together to pull the plug when it becomes a problem. Looking at our current geopolitical situation, I'd rather be silly than naive.
- mindcrime 9y agoHumans + nukes already equal an existential threat to the human race, so I'm not seeing how AI adds anything new to the equation in that scenario. "Humans using AI + nukes" vs "Humans using nukes", either one probably ends human life on Earth. I thought the problem everybody was fretting about was the idea of a nominally beneficent AI going off on it's own and doing something malicious / destructive.