What’s more likely in the techno-fascist idiocracy of the 21st Century?
We somehow manage to turn statistical models into super-intelligence… or the incompetent, criminally-corrupt, sociopathic leadership at the top of capitalism train an AI to defend the rich from the working class — by training it to be the most efficient killing machine possible — integrate it into fully autonomous killing machines, and it (accurately) determines the most efficient way to kill 99% of humanity is to start a nuclear war?
I’m hearing very knowledgeable people say they are extremely concerned when we start getting to the 6th or 7th iteration, which isn’t that far off.
I’m too stupid to make those predictions myself, but I’m not too stupid to listen to people who are smarter than me about it, and I’m not going to pretend I’m smarter, just so I can invent my own truth to soothe my fears, rather than deal with the actual situation.