Richard Loosemore:> > a) the most likely sources of AI are corporate or military labs, and not just > > US ones. No friendly AI here, but profit-making and "mission-performing" AI.> > Main assumption built into this statement: that it is possible to build > an AI capable of doing anything except dribble into its wheaties, using > the techiques currently being used.> > I have explained elsewhere why this is not going to work. If your explanations are convincing, smart people in industry and the military might just absorb them and then they still have more money and manpower than you do. > When the first AGI is built, its first actions will be to make sure that > > nobody is trying to build a dangerous, unfriendly AGI. I often see it assumed that the step between "first AGI is built" (which I interpret as a functoning model showing some degree of generally-intelligent behavior) and "god-like powers dominating the planet" is a short one. Is that really likely?
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