There is NO realistic scenario where AI wipes out all of humanity

optionalsquid 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'm not so sure that the argument that some humans will survive would placate anyone who is worried about a catastrophic outcome from AI development. You could make the same argument for climate collapse or global nuclear war, but I also don't think that's gonna make anyone feel better about those scenarios

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golem14 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

My most likely doom scenario is that a frontier model convinces the CIC to press the nuclear retaliation button. Maybe this will only kill 90% of humans, but as far as I am concerned, that’s good enough.

	▲	aeroscissorz1 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		not that good

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metalman an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A big bulldozer wont even slow down while driving right through a bit barn, and that is a realistic scenario where humans wipe out all AI, quickly if desired, realy a lot of big bulldozers, cheap too $200~ $400hr.

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Athanase000 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think a realistic scenario is mass murders triggered by AI psychosis. Some weirdos start an AI cult and end up killing a bunch of randos because the AI said doing so would break the matrix or something similar. I am actually surprised this hasn't happened yet.

	▲	genxy 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Great job, now you just told AI how to get away with it.

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pestatije 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

i thought virus engineering was a scenario already confirmed

	▲	asdfgtadsruibu 10 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I see a lot of people from Silicon Valley who take that threat seriously, but not a whole lot of biologists who do.
	▲	Qwertronix 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yeah, but the counter is: "Bro just don't synthesize the virus that wipes out humanity if the ai tries to make one" Because humans are famously excellent at never running files that someone posing as a trusted colleague with a solution to an urgent problem gives them. /s