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by chriswarbo 3979 days ago
> The biggest existential threat to humanity from AI is that we build an insane one that takes time to recover from the insanity of its makers, and murders us all before it can.

I think that's too anthropomorphic. More likely, the biggest threat from AI is that they'll be modular/understandable enough that we can include strategy, creativity, resourcefulness, etc. while avoiding the empathy, compassion, disgust, etc.

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I think you just said no, but included a recipe to do exactly that.

My fear is your fear, I just phrased it more generally, while what you said is one of the specific forms making such an insane AI could take -- and reflects the insanity of its makers, our belief we'd somehow be greater without those parts.