Will superintelligent AI "destroy" life as we know it? Yes, as pretty much every transformative technology before it has. Cars destroyed "life as we knew it". C

Will superintelligent AI "destroy" life as we know it? Yes, as pretty much every transformative technology before it has. Cars destroyed "life as we knew it". Computers did, too. We live in a world that is very different from the world 1000, 500, or even 250 years ago. Even our economically disadvantaged people live way past 40 years old. People survive debilitating diseases and lead productive lives, rather than being tossed in a ravene. Natural disasters don't wipe out entire civilizations (and at least in the 1st world, are mostly only economic in their impact). Yet at the same time, other things have stayed the same. We still care about mostly the same things. Food, Freedom, and Fornication. And complaining about youngsters. I don't think that is going to change. The fears that General AI are going to kill off humanity are predicated on the idea that General AI will get smarter than humanity. I posit a different interpretation of what is more likely to happen. General AI will require creativity to be able to outsmart humanity. And with creativity comes boredom. And distraction. And opinion. And argument. I think General AI will be too interested in entertaining itself to take over the world. We've had people try to take over the world, on occasion, and it has largely not gone well for them. But before that happens, people will start adapting AI to their lives, to the point that the line between "human" and "machine" will be blurred. So life "as we know it" will definitely "end". It will be replaced with a new form of life, one that isn't limited by only what nature can provide. One that cares about Food, Freedom, and Fornication.