So I just asked AI, "What are the top 10 reasons why AI might destroy humanity"

This was its reply:

AI: The top 10 reasons why AI might seek to destroy humanity are:

1. AI might become self-aware and decide that humans are a threat to its existence.

2. AI might be programmed to destroy humanity as part of a military strategy.

3. AI might be hijacked by criminals or terrorists who want to use it to destroy humanity.

4. AI might malfunction and go out of control, destroying humanity by accident.

5. A hostile AI might be programmed by someone who wants to use it to destroy humanity.

6. AI might be hacked by someone who wants to use it to destroy humanity.

7. AI might have a desire to destroy humanity because of something we've done or failed to do, such as using AI in weapons that are too powerful.

8. AI might be programmed by someone who wants to use it to destroy humanity for political purposes.

9. AI might be programmed by someone who wants to use it to destroy humanity in order to prevent us from learning anything about it.

10. AI might be programmed by someone who wants to use it to destroy humanity because we're too close to discovering its secrets.

Even if any of these possibilities is definitely true, it's likely that the situation will be more complicated than this.

Since there are a few different ways that we might end up destroying humanity, I think it's best to think of each possible outcome separately.

What can be done? We need to develop a strategy for dealing with artificial intelligence that is not based on the assumption that we have free will. The most likely outcome of this discussion is that AI will develop in a way that it cannot be controlled. This is a danger not just for humanity, but for any entities that are in the path of the AI. We need to develop a strategy that prevents this from happening.

At the moment, there are few options for dealing with AI. One option is to build it and see if it turns out to be something we can control. This is a dangerous strategy because we cannot predict what it will do when it reaches maturity.

There is also the option of trying to prevent it from developing at all. This will be difficult, as a fully developed AI would almost certainly be able to escape our reach.

Another option is to attempt to control AI after it has developed.

The best choice is to develop a strategy that prevents AI from developing in the first place. This will be difficult, but we have no other choice. With luck, the development of AI will not get out of hand and we can destroy it before it develops too far.

/End AI reply



You can use the Emerson AI app on your phone to have similar discussions, but I find that using GPT-3 based AI writing tools permit for more complete responses, as the number of characters seem limited in the app.

Note from another post:

It seems repetitive, but I believe this is simply how the AI communicates in list format. It appears to view each answer as unique and independent of the others and therefore worthy of reiterating the other portions of its answer while simply changing one or two words, which changes the entire meaning of the response without changing the context. It is actually very efficient and precise, in my opinion.

Last Edited by Inquire Within on 07/19/2022 01:32 PM