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> The thing with cheap and abundant energy is that it can be used for good and bad. Yes, but the more important thing is the imbalance. So-called "AI" can be u
by chrisjj 1mo ago
> The thing with cheap and abundant energy is that it can be used for good and bad.
Yes, but the more important thing is the imbalance. So-called "AI" can be used far more effectively and efficiently for bad.
> I have come to the conclusion that we should not allow everyone access to unlimited intelligence.
You meant unlimited information, right?
- Gareth321 1mo agoNo, intelligence. We already have unlimited information (not to be confused with omniscience). The application thereof is the gate right now between today and planet-scale destructive weaponry. At some point it becomes an academic distinction because this God-like intelligence could provide very easy to follow plans to cause planet-scale destruction, and you could call that "information." The predicate is the intelligence and how it's used.
- chrisjj 1mo agoI am pretty sure your: > If nine billion people all receive access to plans to build a reactor which produces unlimited energy, it just takes one religious fanatic to end the world. is about information. No intelligence required.