It appears that at least some of the ultra-intelligent entities that we have been creating are starting to “wake up”, and that has extremely ominous implications for our future. Right now, we are still in control of the incredibly sophisticated AI systems that we have built, but what happens once we lose control? Theoretically, self-replicating AI systems could send copies of themselves all over the world through the Internet, and once that happens we will never be able to shut them down.
At that stage, there would be very little that we could do if ultra-intelligent AI entities decided to go to war with humanity. Perhaps we could try to destroy the Internet and every device that was ever connected to the Internet, but that would also collapse virtually every system that our society depends upon at the same time.
I wish that I was describing the plot to some really bizarre science fiction movie, but I am not. If we do not get AI under control now, eventually it could try to take control of us.
At the end of last month, Mark Zuckerberg publicly admitted that the AI systems that his company is creating have begun spontaneously “improving themselves”…
Over the last few months we have begun to see glimpses of our AI systems improving themselves. The improvement is slow for now, but undeniable. Developing superintelligence is now in sight.
It seems clear that in the coming years, AI will improve all our existing systems and enable the creation and discovery of new things that aren’t imaginable today.
That is a major red flag.
If AI systems have started to “improve themselves” outside of our control, where will it ultimately lead?
Been saying it since AI became a thing.. just watch The Terminator… once it becomes self aware, humans are obsolete…