On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > *Another fact is that the lead scientists in all the major AI companies >> say there is a non-trivial possibility that the very thing that they >> make could cause the extinction of the entire human race within the next >> five years, and most of them would put that probability in the double >> digits. I can't think of any reason why they would say something like that >> if they didn't think it was true and if they weren't very very scared.* > > > > *> Or that they would continue their development of AI's if they were very > very scared.* > *There are 3 reasons AI specialist continue to work on AI : * *1) Even though they're afraid of the AI they're building they're even more afraid of an AI that somebody else is building; and they know that if they don't build a super intelligent AI then somebody else certainly will, and do so very soon. * *2) It's a natural human tendency that if somebody is good at something then they want to continue doing that thing, and to be competitive. That is especially true if you are extremely good at it, you want to prove to the world and to yourself that you're not one of the best but THE very best. * *3) The possibility of AI turning out to be a good thing for humanity may be low but it is not zero. Without AI you are definitely a dead man walking, with AI maybe not. * *This sort of thing is unprecedented. Can you imagine all the leaders of all the fossil fuel companies publicly and loudly saying there is a very good chance that the products they make will destroy the ecosystem of the planet and cause a mass extinction? I can't, but that's what all the leaders of the AI companies have done; so it might be a good idea to listen to what they have to say because nobody knows more about AI than they do, or at least no human does. * *John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* b6t -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv3gTX3CKNWuCZdG_bxsqdjJfAF5B3Z-29Cp4VHMke77kw%40mail.gmail.com.
