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geremiiah 3 hours ago

Point is, if an AGI becomes powerful and capable enough of replacing 99.999% of humanity, the likes of Sam Altman and Elon Musk won't be able to control it.

nradov 3 hours ago | parent [-]

An electrician with access to a circuit breaker will be able to control it.

geremiiah 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The AI would have redundancy, both in terms of its power source and also because it can literally replicate itself and have multiple instances running all over the world. Also, an army of drones that you'd have to dodge just to go anywhere near any critical infrastructure.

defterGoose 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's only a little bit comforting that computers still live in meatspace when you consider something like an AI-controlled Metal Gear roaming around though.

pomian an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

2001 Space Odyssey presents a different scenario

layer8 an hour ago | parent [-]

It does exactly present that scenario, as Dave Bowman gains access to the circuit breaker (well, to the memory banks).