Say, How Will AI Kill Us All?

Will it be in fun ways?

How would AI actually ‘kill all humans’? Here are the top five most likely scenarios

Earlier this month, artificial intelligence researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic after just four months. In an announcement on X, he stated: “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”

A senior member of Anthropic’s staff, Evan Hubinger, actually agreed with Coxon, adding he personally thinks the chance of this happening in the next decade is more than 10%.

So, are we dying by ‘climate change’ or AI?

I’ve distilled these scenarios down to the top five, ordering them roughly from most vague to most precise. And I’d argue the list is also ordered from least to most probable.

1. We’ll never know: AI doomers often justify their concerns by means of an annoying catch-22 paradox: how can we possibly imagine what a superintelligence might do to take out less intelligent beings like us?

2. Paperclips: A classic example of such indifference comes from Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom’s imagined superintelligent AI that has been designed to optimise paperclip production. To produce its preferred form of office supplies, it quickly converts all available matter – including humans, planets and stars – into paperclips.

What we have here is the perfect execution of improperly specified objectives. The AI doesn’t hate humanity; it simply recognises we’re composed of atoms that could be better utilised for paperclips. It’s not personal.

3. Bioweapons: Humanity could be killed by a superintelligent AI making and releasing some dangerous new bioweapon into the atmosphere. This is, in fact, one outcome of the AI 2027 scenario by the AI Futures Project, a non-profit dedicated to forecasting the impacts of advanced AI.

4. Nuclear war: What if AI got into the nuclear command and control chain and started a nuclear war? We’ve come close to nuclear war by mistake several times in the past 50 years. (yeah, we saw the movie)

5. Other humans: Perhaps the most likely risk is that we take ourselves out. And AI might precipitate this.

There’s more to each one, but, you get the gist. We’re doomed!

AI leaders warn UN of security risks as systems grow more powerful

The world’s leading artificial intelligence companies warned the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday of the risks posed by AI to humanity, appealing for governments to work together to manage the increasingly powerful technology.

Yes, these same big companies ahead of most who want “guardrails” to limit the up and coming companies. You know, money. If they’re so concerned then why not limit their own companies? They can, in fact, right software, right?

Battle of Hospital A.I. vs. Insurer A.I. Is Pushing Medical Costs Higher

In the latest sign that artificial intelligence is fueling higher health care costs, a group of insurers released a report Thursday claiming that hospitals’ use of A.I. was responsible for nearly $1 billion in additional expenses over two years.(snip)

“Coding is changing because of this technology,” said Luke Chalker, a senior vice president at the association. By describing patients as having more complicated conditions and adding a secondary diagnosis, like anemia or low sodium, the hospitals were paid an average of nearly $12,000 more per case.

Well, they know about this, so, they can simply say “no, stop.” And software designers can change code, right? Because that is all this is. Code. It’s not sentient. But, the news likes doomy stories.