Joshua Clymer at X:
I’m like a mechanic scrambling last-minute checks before Apollo 13 takes off. If you ask for my take on the situation, I won’t comment on the quality of the in-flight entertainment, or describe how beautiful the stars will appear from space.
I will tell you what could go wrong. That is what I intend to do in this story.
Now I should clarify what this is exactly. It’s not a prediction. I don’t expect AI progress to be this fast or as untamable as I portray. It’s not pure fantasy either.
It is my worst nightmare.
It’s a sampling from the futures that are among the most devastating, and I believe, disturbingly plausible – the ones that most keep me up at night.
I’m telling this tale because the future is not set yet. I hope, with a bit of foresight, we can keep this story a fictional one.
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