4/19/2024 0 Comments Terminator cyberdyne quotes![]() ![]() They are also why AI might in real life bring about an existential catastrophe. These two statements are obviously at least plausible, which is why there are so many popular stories about rogue AI. That artificial intelligence may not necessarily share our goals.We may eventually create artificial intelligence more powerful than human beings and.Rogue AI makes for a plausible sci-fi story for the exact same high-level reasons as it is an actual concern: Serious concerns about AI risk are often framed as completely discontinuous with rogue AI as depicted in fiction and in the public imagination I think this is totally false. I don’t know if my answer is better all things considered, but I think it is a more honest and accurate answer to Matt’s question: “Is an existential threat from rogue AI-as depicted in the Terminator franchise-for real?”. This totally might happen, irl, and right now hardly anyone cares or is trying to do anything to prevent it. Skynet from Terminator is what AI risk people are worried about. Not the time travel stuff obviously, but the AI part 100%. But if I had been, I think I would’ve answered Matt’s question something like this: I wasn’t on The Weeds, because I’m just an internet rando and not an important journalist. And I do think that AI risk work has been sort of damaged by the fact that yeah there’s all this crazy sci-fi where like, the robots develop a deep loathing for humanity, and then they come with their guns, and they shoot us all down, and only one time traveler-you know-that’s ridiculous! And so of course, if that’s what people are thinking of when they think about the effects of AI on society, they’re going to be like, that’s ridiculous. Kelsey Piper: So, I don’t think AI risk looks much like Terminator. So when I hear that, it’s like-yeah, that’s awesome, I do love that movie. Matt Yglesias: These science fiction scenarios-I think we’ll get the audio, I loved Terminator 2 as a kid, it was like my favorite movie… …and this what it’s about, right, is artificial intelligence will get out of control and pose an existential threat to humanity. The consensus among top communicators of AI risk seems to be that this is bad, and counterproductive to popular understanding of real AI risk concerns.įor example, take Kelsey Piper’s March 2021 appearance on The Weeds to talk about AI risk (not at all picking on Kelsey, it’s just a convenient example): When the concept of catastrophic risks from artificial intelligence is covered in the press, it is often compared to popular science fiction stories about rogue AI-and in particular, to the Terminator film franchise. (I believe this is all directionally correct, but I have zero relevant expertise.) ![]()
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