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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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Artificial intelligence is already advancing at a worrying pace. What if we don’t slam on the brakes? Experts explain what keeps them up at night

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[–] fubo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A lot of the folks worried about AI x-risk are also worried about climate, and pandemics, and lots of other things too. It's not like there's only one threat.

[–] Dreyns@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

It's all about risks, if you worry about being runover ok it's reasonable, but if you worry about shark attacks when you live in the forest it is ludicrous and a waste of time.