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> In all seriousness, if we ever get to the point where an AI needs to be shut down to avoid catastrophe, there's probably no way to turn it off. > There are d
by hiatus 2y ago
> In all seriousness, if we ever get to the point where an AI needs to be shut down to avoid catastrophe, there's probably no way to turn it off.
> There are digital controls for damned near everything, and security is universally disturbingly bad.
Just unplug the thing.
- yarg 2y ago> You could only shut it down if there's a choke point accessible without electronic intervention, and you'd need to reach it without electronic intervention, and do so without communicating your intent. You'll be dead before you reach the plug.
- hiatus 2y agoThen bomb it. Or did the AI take over the fighter jets too?
- yarg 2y ago> Whatever you're trying to stop will already have root-kitted your systems (and quite possibly have replicated) by the time you realise that it's even beginning to become a problem. There's a good chance that you won't know where it is - if you even did to begin with (which particular AI even went rogue?). > Or did the AI take over the fighter jets too? Dunno - how secure are the systems? But it's almost certainly fucking with the GPS.