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The case for how and why AI might kill us all
March 31, 2023/
Forget the collapse of employment, forget the spam and misinformation, forget human obsolescence and the upending of society. Some believe AI is flat-out going to wipe out all of biological life at its earliest opportunity.
This is not the first time humanity has stared down the possibility of extinction due to its technological creations. But the threat of AI is very different from the nuclear weapons we’ve learned to live with. Nukes can’t think. They can’t lie, deceive or manipulate. They can’t plan and execute. Somebody has to push the big red button.
