[stupendousyappi]

IMO, if that's true, it's horrifying. I think there's a great risk that AGI will lead to the extinction or near extinction of the human race.

[tetraca]

Do you fear that one day your child might be something greater than you yourself ever could be?

No. There is no greater accomplishment humanity could achieve than to make itself obsolete.

[leobg]

That was quite Nietzschean! What are ye but a bridge into the future.

[PhantomGremlin]

Hmmm. Maybe that's why we haven't detected any signs of an advanced civilization elsewhere in the universe.

Steps:

1) quantum mechanics

2) semiconductors

3) AGI

4) the machines take over

We're about 100 years into that progression, and we're well into step 2. How many years do we have left? Another 100?

The machines are probably not "foolish" enough to announce themselves to the rest of the universe.

[0ldskool]

then wouldn't we find an advanced machine civilization???

[felipemnoa]

Not sure why you are getting downvoted. I would say that AGI is even more dangerous than the Atom bomb. It will still get invented though, we just cannot help ourselves. And to be honest, I would be first in line to invent the thing if I could.

[cosmojg]

C'est la vie.