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The invention of atomic weapons was physics, a precise description of the elementals of our universe. Results from Riemann geometry are not dangerous, but the s
by backpropaganda 9y ago
The invention of atomic weapons was physics, a precise description of the elementals of our universe. Results from Riemann geometry are not dangerous, but the statement "our universe's spacetime obeys Riemann geometry" is.
- MaxBarraclough 9y agoWe can play a similar game with nuclear weapons, no? The maths used to discover nuclear weapons weren't dangerous. What was dangerous was that the maths happened to align with our physical world.
- moomin 9y agoActually, neither was that dangerous. For it to be dangerous took years of engineering work.
- fooker 9y agoThis paper summarizes the results of 'years of engineering work'.
- Houshalter 9y agoWhat does it matter if it's "just physics" or "just engineering" or "just math"? Anything you can say about AI, you can say about the atomic bomb. AI involves a quite a bit of engineering as well. This argument is silly. At the end of the day we are still building a powerful new technology. To assume it will be completely harmless is naive. No technology is completely harmless. But at least our previous inventions didn't sprout minds of their own. And have desires and plans independent of their creators.