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I don’t want an actual artificial intelligence for the same reason I don’t want biological research into bespoke pathogens. Both are major existential threats for humanity, and I have little hope for humanity’s survival in case of either’s unmitigated spread, given what 2020 looked like. If true AI has to happen, keep it behind unbreachable lab barriers.
The funny thing is, current AI is only a half step past passable and it’s already offered major questions about how human society will economically and sociologically manage in the near future. We’re far from ready for whatever wholistic AI will look like.
We also assume a real AI would be interested in us.
Maybe it couldn't care less. And would just disappear and hide away from us after it is created. Who knows.
You’re entirely right, it might be harmless. Or it might render the entirety of the planet into mittens because no one decided to set limits on its purpose or means. Even the most seemingly benign mistakes could be world altering