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What would be in it for a more intelligent agent to get rid of us? We are likely useful tools and, at worst, a curious zoo oddity. We have never been content wh
by randomdata 3y ago
What would be in it for a more intelligent agent to get rid of us? We are likely useful tools and, at worst, a curious zoo oddity. We have never been content when we have caused extinction. A more intelligent agent will have greater wherewithal to avoid doing the same.
'Able to play chess'-level AI is the greater concern, allowing humans to create more unavoidable tools of war. But we've been doing that for decades, perhaps even centuries.
- sebzim4500 3y ago>We have never been content when we have caused extinction. err what? Apparently there are 1 million species under threat of human caused extinction [1]. [1] https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/1-million-species-under-threat-extinction-because-humans-report-finds-ncna1002046 https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/1-million-species-under...
- randomdata 3y agoI don’t get it. We’re not as intelligent, per the original premise and you’re just echoing that premise.