I don't disagree with your main point.
But this attitude towards dangerousness of AI I simply don't understand.
In my view, AI is obviously risky and dangerous, because it is the only thing on the planet that can think/reason at a human level (or higher) apart from us (and that capability is what made us the uncontested apex species on the planet).
AI is unconstrained by hard biological limits; keeping up with its capabilities will be impossible for baseline humans.
You can argue all day about particulars, like whether selfreplicable robotic shells are required to reach/exceed "existential risk" level to our species (or if artificial minds are enough of a potential threat by themselves).
But the general "risk" is simply AI becoming able to act in its own interests to our detriment, and I don't understand how anyone can dismiss this right now-- help me understand.
Of course there are plenty of imaginable scenarios where coexistence is peaceful and mutually (?) beneficial, but that does not answer those concerns by itself at all.
But this attitude towards dangerousness of AI I simply don't understand.
In my view, AI is obviously risky and dangerous, because it is the only thing on the planet that can think/reason at a human level (or higher) apart from us (and that capability is what made us the uncontested apex species on the planet).
AI is unconstrained by hard biological limits; keeping up with its capabilities will be impossible for baseline humans.
You can argue all day about particulars, like whether selfreplicable robotic shells are required to reach/exceed "existential risk" level to our species (or if artificial minds are enough of a potential threat by themselves).
But the general "risk" is simply AI becoming able to act in its own interests to our detriment, and I don't understand how anyone can dismiss this right now-- help me understand.
Of course there are plenty of imaginable scenarios where coexistence is peaceful and mutually (?) beneficial, but that does not answer those concerns by itself at all.