Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

Smellz_Of_Elderberry t1_j5wlo8f wrote

Reply to comment by CandyCoatedHrtShapes in Humanity May Reach Singularity Within Just 7 Years, Trend Shows by Shelfrock77

They won't use it to starve people.. I never understood the overly complex methods people come up with..

If they want to kill everyone, all they would have to do is unleash 5 or six different variants engineered small pox into a handful of cities, with a 2 week incubation period.

The overwhelming majority would be infected in under a month.

I think a group deciding "hey I want all the land that is currently taken up by the masses" is a very real possibility. Its not like psychopathy isnt a very real condition. It's also been proven that CEOs are much more likely to have psychopathic characteristics.

I prefer to think things will turn out, but something horrible like the above happening is very much a possibility. Hopefully things turn out.

13

berdiekin t1_j5xytk1 wrote

Too many people looking at it from a cartoon villain perspective.

Companies wouldn't actively use it to starve people, they dont care about you. What they will do (or at least try to do) is the same they've always been doing.

That is, cut costs and find ways to maximize profits. In this case using AI to automate more people out of jobs. The fact that you might lose your home or go hungry is just a side effect of that effort.

That's why we need a tax on the usage of robots and AI.

1

Smellz_Of_Elderberry t1_j5zpuie wrote

The government is run largely by donors and lobbyists..

Also genocide isn't relegated to cartoon villains.. history is rife with examples. And again, psychopaths exist, ceos have a high likelihood of having such characteristics.

What I'm talking about is very much a possibility. You seem to only counter the argument with " that's just not believable." which isn't a compelling counter..

People find it unsettling to believe that some people REALLY do just want to watch the world burn. Generally these are highly empathetic individuals. They can't conceive how such a non empathetic person feels..

Read some of the famous books on overpopulation, and really try to understand the beliefs of some of these individuals. Thomas Robert Malthus

1

Smellz_Of_Elderberry t1_j60x69v wrote

I'm not saying things will end up this way. I just think it's useful to prepare for many different possibilities.

0