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KnewAllTheWords t1_jdq9vpr wrote

I'd wager we have about a 90% chance of destroying ourselves in one of a myriad of ways without AI. Bring it, please.

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Low-Restaurant3504 t1_jds4ln3 wrote

That's what I'm saying. We detonated a bomb big enough that we thought there was a very real possibility it could ignite the atmosphere and kill us all... why the cold feet now?

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dwarfarchist9001 t1_jdu8q6f wrote

With the first nuke they actually did the calculations to make sure it wouldn't ignite the atmosphere. On the other hand we don't even know how to begin aligning AI and many people in the field think the preliminary calculations show it will destroy us if we fail to do so.

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