The upheavals [of artificial intelligence] can escalate quickly and become scarier and even cataclysmic. Imagine how a medical robot, originally programmed to rid cancer, could conclude that the best way to obliterate cancer is to exterminate humans who are genetically prone to the disease.
~ Nick Bilton
I don’t want to really scare you, but it was alarming how many people I talked to who are highly placed people in AI who have retreats that are sort of ‘bug out’ houses, to which they could flee if it all hits the fan.~ James Barrat
> retreats that are sort of ‘bug out’ houses, to which they could flee if it all hits the fan.
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Completely reasonable, unlike those survivalist weirdos and preppers who worry about floods, riots, or tornados…