[kalekold]

The 'end of the world' scenario isn't perhaps something that we expect. We always think the end of the world will be disease or natural cataclysm. Also, humanities curiosity can't help itself.

* Imagine AI giving a terrorist network a recipe for the most toxic nerve gas ever discovered. (This has already happened to AI researches)

* Imagine AI being used for deepfake propaganda inciting a war between superpowers. (This is arguably already in progress)

* or it could be the usual sci-fi classic of an AI intelligence becomes superior to humans and just takes over (using the above methods and more).

AI has the ability to be completely undetectable and incredibly insidious. We could be destroyed by a force we don't even notice.