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by MarinReiter 3144 days ago
Why would an AI have survival instincts? You are projecting your humanity onto them.
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I am not projecting humanity. I am just extrapolating the logic of evolution.

There were some humans who did not have survival instincts. They are dead now. Put other way, the class of humans that are alive right now are the ones who had relatively superior survival instinacts.

There will be a bunch of AI developed in the lab. Out of the bunch there will be one which will prioritize its survival over everything else. That AI will do whatever it takes to not be shut down. This could mean launching nukes and decimating that command and control that potentially can.

There is absolutely no reason why the extrapolation will not apply.