[FirmwareBurner]

Those are already an issue. AI is a bigger threat to cognitive tasks than to physical ones.

Skynet isn't goanna attack you with Terminators wielding a "phased plasma rifle in the 40W range", but will be auto-rejecting your job application, your health insurance claims, your credit score and brain washing your relatives on social media.

[smikhanov]

Absolutely, that’s without any doubt.

There’s a difference though. The “cool” Terminator Skynet pursues its own goals, and wasn’t programmed by humans to kill. The “boring” insurance-rejecting Skynet is explicitly programmed to reject insurance claims by other humans, unfortunately.

So still, no need to worry about our AI overlords, worry about people running the AI systems.

[imtringued]

> AI is a bigger threat to cognitive tasks than to physical ones.

I don't see how you could possibly think this is true. Physical automation is easier to scale since you only need to solve a single problem instance and then just keep applying it on a bigger scale.

[FirmwareBurner]

Automation doesn't work where high dexterity and quick adaptability is required. You can much cheaper and quicker to train a human worker to move from sewing a Nike shoe to an Adidas shoe than you can reprogram and retool a robot.

Robots work for highly predictable high speed tasks where dexterity is not an issue, like PCB pick and place.

[davidthewatson]

This reply is so perfect I'm going to memorize it for family and friends.