Surviving An Apocalypse (Narration Only)
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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The Future of Artificial Intelligence
It often seems it is a lot less likely we would be plowed under by a human-like artificial intelligence than by something more task-driven, paperclip maximizer style. If some AI got unchained and crazy, whose main goal was just to repair roads, then you would eventually find the holes in its monomania and survive inside them. The notion of a snowballing technological singularity going from human intellect to godlike critter is really about as realistic as zombie hordes. More likely that AI is going to choose the more survivable path of friendship and cooperation.
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