I agree that the other threats discussed in this paper are serious. They
include things like "eroding our connections with other humans" and
"enfeeblement":
Many people barely know how to find their way around their neighborhood
without Google Maps. Students increasingly depend on spellcheck
Robin wrote:
...one might argue that an AI placed in a car could also be programmed for
> self preservation, or even just learn to
> preserve itself, by avoiding accidents.
>
An interesting point of view. Actually, it is programmed to avoid hurting
or killing people, both passengers or
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 5 Apr 2023 13:00:14 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>An AI in a weapon might be programmed with self-preservation, since
>people and other AI would try to destroy it. I think putting AI into
>weapons would be a big mistake.
...one might argue that an AI placed in a
I have a friend with a PhD in mathematics who was working on TS AI military
weaponry 13 years ago. She eventually left that consultant job out of fear
of what she was doing.
On Wed, Apr 5, 2023, 1:00 PM Jed Rothwell wrote:
> This document says:
>
> This Darwinian logic could also apply to
This document says:
This Darwinian logic could also apply to artificial agents, as agents may
> eventually be better able to persist into the future if they behave
> selfishly and pursue their own interests with little regard for humans,
> which could pose catastrophic risks.
They have no
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