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He's probably right. But part of me wonders: Shouldn't we first prioritize other things like, you know, reducing hunger caused by lack of food, reducing ignor
by cs702 3y ago
He's probably right.
But part of me wonders:
Shouldn't we first prioritize other things like, you know, reducing hunger caused by lack of food, reducing ignorance due to lack of access to a good education, increasing human rights in areas that lack them, promoting stable political institutions in places that lack them, engineering solutions to prevent or delay catastrophic climate change, and so on?
There are so many unsolved problems that are urgent right now.
- ilaksh 3y agoYes, those unsolved problems (or similar to them) should have been or were priorities for most of human history. Humanity has shown that, so far, it is incapable of or unwilling to solve them. Existential AI risk has to be added to the pile and also taken seriously. Short term existential AI risk is probably from a race towards superintelligent (hyperspeed) military AI weapons command systems. It is a lever that enhances the existing types of risks. The potential for military conflicts are accelerated by the types of problems you mention. All of these challenges are interrelated. Integrating effective and accurate information collection, dispersal and application into government and society in general may be key to progress. Maybe deployment of AI is a crux that could be very helpful or make things much worse. Without an integrated global political system, AI could make military conflicts even more existentially threatening. The US and China may continue to race ahead, deploying ever more powerful AI, controlling larger and larger swarms of military assets with more and more autonomy.