Will AI wipe out humanity?

[Mr Blue Moon]

As a programmer there is actually a chance it could replace my job eventually lol but at the moment, it makes my job easier, I use it pretty much every day. The thing is it needs to be trained to do what I need it to, there will jobs created by it.

…including proofreading your posts?

 

[KS55]

It's an extension of the calculator/computer thing.

Traditionally, everyone used to learn long division and long multiplication (for example). When did you last use them in real life? Pretty much everyone uses a calculator.

Similarly, do you need to know scientific or mathematical formulas or dates in history when these can all be gleaned in an instant from the internet?

The problem that I see is that learning these basics gives you the underlying knowledge to be aware when something is wrong. That is the hard bit. Getting people to know enough to be able to use the tools properly.

We have all seen someone believing nonsense because the computer says so. If you can’t recognise that 12X7 cannot be 2,234 you are in trouble.

 

[Mr Blue Moon]

I can’t fucking wait for it, my mrs and son having a right fucking ding dong.

Your middle name might have something to do with it…

 

[abu13]

Every dog has it's day and I think the human race has had its, we're on borrowed time. As a species we seem to have reached rock bottom.

I really hope so.

 

[KS55]

Artificial intelligence could lead to extinction, experts warn

Heads of OpenAI, Google Deepmind and Anthropic say the threat is as great as pandemics and nuclear war.

www.bbc.co.uk

Funny how these experts quote possible scenarios, but not their opposites, e.g. “knowledge could be concentrated in a few hands”. It is just as likely that knowledge will be disseminated more widely.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Every dog has it's day and I think the human race has had its, we're on borrowed time. As a species we seem to have reached rock bottom.

 

[paulchapo]

Bloody hell I haven't heard that in years.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

We aim to please

 

[Kinkybyname]

@OP

 

[DavidWhitesBoots]

I'd be amazed if an advanced artificial intelligence doesn't already exist.