> And I think the risks from AI are overblown, is AI really more dangerous than the invention of gunpowder, electricity, and of course the nuclear bomb? I don't

> And I think the risks from AI are overblown, is AI really more dangerous than the invention of gunpowder, electricity, and of course the nuclear bomb? I don't think so. It might just be. Those inventions did destabilize society quite significantly. On the nuclear bomb I'm not sure we've seen how that one plays out quite yet. Mutually assured destruction kinda stalling that one. Maybe AI can be more selective as a weapon and easier to employ? In the next war we could be living the next AI sci-fi movie. Unintended consequences are hard to predict in advance. Who would of ever thought the first professions to be at risk of software automators were going to be the software professionals themselves 10 years back? People were predicting the end of menial blue collar jobs and replacement with robots and automation. "Jobs of the future" were white collar, at least that was the narrative a decade or so ago. Now more than one comment on this forum (and I believe given human nature and the nature of power they are correct) thinking they need to change into blue collar jobs or become teachers, etc. Sadly my personal opinion as I've gotten older is that technologists (I was one) are often the most idealistic naive of them all. The trades people I know when I talk to them laugh at ChatGPT - serves them right is the general reaction. Its that quality that often leads them to deny what an average human with power/wealth will do with AI.