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Five ways AI might destroy the world: ‘Everyone on Earth could fall over dead in the same second’(www.theguardian.com)

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Feanor@beehaw.org
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AI doomerism to create more hype around AI. How AI could really destroy the world: corporation’s replace engineers with not properly working AI. Something critical break because the AI doesn’t work properly and no one can repair it

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potpie@beehaw.org
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That is by far the most likely scenario. Hell it’s already happening with the AI we do have. Teslas driving into walls, facial recognition mistaking an innocent person for a criminal (mentioned in the article).

Doomsday science fiction is fun to toy with but it usually involves a lot of hand waving.

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hastati@beehaw.org
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To be fair, people (on average) are a LOT worse at driving than a computer. I’d bet the percentage of humans driving into walls is much higher than self driving vehicles.

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Sunbrrnslapper@vlemmy.net
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Full speed into Idiocracy.

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CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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What makes you say it’s hype? It seems plausible and at least at a glance it’s bad for businesses who work with AI.

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