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number6 2 hours ago

And in terms of AGI it is, that the AI can't survive without humans, and if we decide to quit the game than its over for the AGI; we will happily regress in a techno-barbarian feudal state and salvage solar panels and trade copper wires while still reproducing and carring on. We are playing a whole different game here.

johnthewise an hour ago | parent | next [-]

If AI is threatening enough that we can collectively just decide to stop it, wouldn't it also be bribing people & exerting influence? It'd be hard to come to that decision imo.

danbruc an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I mean, I can imagine an AI outliving humans, with sufficiently good robots under its control, I see no reason why an AI could not keep powerplants running, mine raw materials, manufacture new chips, and so on. But the timeframe of within the next decade seems highly implausible to me. Imagine an AI way more advanced than what we have now and imagine handing over control of every connected device on earth, could the AI keep the lights on without any human involvement?

number6 38 minutes ago | parent [-]

At the current tech level? Everything would crumble within a week or two. It would need some kind of gerneal purpose robot workforce.

Someone has to go out there and cut back the tree that is growing into the power line.