| It could also present the only realistic way we avoid the many other human-ending threats we've introduced ourselves. This isn't a one sided coin flip. You have nuclear war, emerging bioweapon capabilities, global warming, pollution, and a number of other existential concerns. And yes, AI is one on that list. But how many solutions to those other items do we realistically have right now? Because it keeps seeming to be that nothing is getting done outside people pointing out the sky is falling. Quite possibly the ONLY real, well funded, viable solution to these issues would be a straight up deus ex machina being pulled out of our rear ends. So yeah, it's a scary coin flip that could add to the massive list of other things inevitably going to kill us all, or maybe end up being the coin flip to negate the rest of that list. So a letter that only points out a possible threat model isn't genuinely pursuing discussion over the ethical considerations - it's just fear mongering. And looking at signatures much further down the list of "concerned parent" or "fearful citizen" it's having the intended (and very sketch) effect. |