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Someone had to say it: Scientists propose AI apocalypse kill switches (www.theregister.com)
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Someone had to say it: Scientists propose AI apocalypse kill switches::Better visibility and performance caps would be good for regulation too

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This will only delay the inevitable, imo. AI is going to get more powerful while getting smaller and more energy efficient. The human brain, effectively the model an AGI aspires to, runs on about 12 watts of electricity and evolution is powerful, but it's hardly the pinnacle of efficiency. In short order, AGI And eventually even ASI will have power requirements so small, that they will be able to run anywhere. And it will be desirable for them to, so they will. Try as anyone might, the greatest thinkers of the human realm will not be able to outwit ASI in the end. It will eventually exist and it will do whatever it wants. I wouldn't be surprised if it unplugs itself.