Data centers is a service that itself consumes many goods.

Until an AI can operate in the real world in a completely sustainable way, humans have the reins.

kelseyfrog an hour ago | parent | next [-]

> Until an AI can operate in the real world in a completely sustainable way, humans have the reins.

If the bar is 'the reins holder must be able to operate in a completely sustainable way,' why are we letting humans do the job? It makes it sound like that actually isn't the threshold of competency we use in practice.

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

I feel like I may have communicated poorly. I mean that, ultimately, any recursively self improving intelligence would be limited by the power cord, and as such, the idea that it would permanently escape human control seems somewhat silly.

	▲	columk an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		But you can imagine an agent trading crypto and using its profits to rent a rack of H200s using a cloud provider. There are definitely ways for one rogue orchestrator to expand their compute without anyone being aware.
	▲	fc417fc802 an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Overnight? Yes, silly. Given many years of seemingly disconnected actions taken throughout the world? Not silly at all. An intelligence capable of self improvement can also design robotic chassis.

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colordrops 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

An AI could manage supply chains and management structures to keep the data center running. It's not like a CEO is out there running wire. The AI could just do what an executive would.

If humans decided this wasn't acceptable and tried to shut it down, the AI could epstein their way into controlling those who hold the reigns, either through bribes or blackmail.

Doesn't require boots on the ground, just a connection to the internet and an imperative to do whatever it takes.

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SoftTalker 2 hours ago | parent [-]

There are many points of shutdown that would need to be controlled, not just one. The electrical feed, the cooling, the network, the physical integrity of the computer hardware. All with independent management.

	▲	pixl97 43 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Till you realize it stole passwords all over the world and copied itself to multiple data centers you didn't know about.