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Josh G's avatar

I would encourage Bob to check out the video game, Horizon: Zero Dawn to see an realistic situation of a bad actor creating A.I. that unintentionally destroy humanity.

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Robert Wright's avatar

I have to actually play the game to get the picture? That's a big ask...

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Josh G's avatar

I think you can get the idea just from the wiki or https://www.pushsquare.com/guides/horizon-zero-dawn-full-story-recap#before-horizon-zero-dawn

Basically it's where the militaries of all nations turned to a.i. powered armies of machines. All controlled by a rich guy that accidentally patched the machine control software so it couldn't be accessed (no more human control) and then they destroyed everything.

From the wiki - the Old World was destroyed nearly a thousand years ago after Faro (rich guy company) lost control of its automated peacekeeper military robots. The robots, which could self-replicate and consume biomass, overran the planet and engulfed the biosphere, stripping Earth of life.

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Robert Wright's avatar

As my mother used to say, never let a rich guy control your killer bots.

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Clancy Parliament's avatar

I would also say anyone should check out тАЬFriendship Is OptimalтАЭ for a plausible scenario of an AI researcher making the best of a world where the AI takeover is inevitable.

https://www.fimfiction.net/story/62074/2/friendship-is-optimal/1-opportunity

(yes, itтАЩs a My Little Pony fanfic, but you donтАЩt have to be a brony to appreciate it)

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