[shittyanalogy]

I'm sure Hawking and Musk are smarter and more knowledgeable on the subject than either of us...

That is not a reasonable argument. They have demonstrated nothing but a fear and postulation and we cannot accept authority as evidence. Thus is the nature of science.

[airmondii]

The topic of AI and its implications is unavoidably speculative, because we are likely still many decades away from it being a risk and we don't yet know what path science will take to reach that point. So for now, we're mostly limited to thought experiments.

I never said we should defer to their 'authority' either. But it is a conversation worth having, and the sooner the better.

[sailingparrot]

Fear is a demonstration of non competency? So there can never be harmful technologies?

If someone more knowledgeable than me on a subject fears it, well I think it's worth at least listening to him. Not dismissing his concerns arrogantly.

And when those person are one of the greatest scientist and one of the greatest entrepreneur of our time, both with some kind of expertise in AI, well...