I know we’re probably years/decades/centuries away from actual artificial intelligence, but this just made me think, would computers and servers actually want clean air?
Probably better for cooling right? Or if they switch to fully solar it’s probably better to have clear skies?
Which is likely why in most fiction any sentient AI/CPU ends up trying to wipe humans out. We work against our best interests, instinctively; like breathing and keeping our environment habitable. So it’s easier in the longterm to put us in our place, rather than bother with logic.
We do what any living thing would do given the chance. We try to outcompete and outconsume the competition because that’s what evolution selects for. The universe has a tendency to form dissipative structures that increase entropy the fastest, and we are a result of that. Sure, Skynet or somesuch dystopian sci-fi ai wouldn’t be the product of evolution and as such wouldn’t be immediately predisposed to similar behaviour, but as soon as a competetive situation is introduced, that’s what you get.
I know we’re probably years/decades/centuries away from actual artificial intelligence, but this just made me think, would computers and servers actually want clean air?
Probably better for cooling right? Or if they switch to fully solar it’s probably better to have clear skies?
A cooler climate is beneficial for cooling
Which is likely why in most fiction any sentient AI/CPU ends up trying to wipe humans out. We work against our best interests, instinctively; like breathing and keeping our environment habitable. So it’s easier in the longterm to put us in our place, rather than bother with logic.
We do what any living thing would do given the chance. We try to outcompete and outconsume the competition because that’s what evolution selects for. The universe has a tendency to form dissipative structures that increase entropy the fastest, and we are a result of that. Sure, Skynet or somesuch dystopian sci-fi ai wouldn’t be the product of evolution and as such wouldn’t be immediately predisposed to similar behaviour, but as soon as a competetive situation is introduced, that’s what you get.