[ExI] How Close is the AI Intelligence Explosion?

[Keith Henson]

Even rational human behavior can cause unexpected events per the story.

Humans did not evolve with helpful powerful beings around to cater to
their every need.

As the saying goes, "There are no gods--yet."

Best wishes,

Keith

On Sat, Mar 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM Brent Allsop via extropy-chat
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>
> Yes, exactly.  limited, irrational and stupid human behavior is the problem, not ever more intelligent AIs.
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> On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM Keith Henson via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM BillK via extropy-chat
>> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> > This article from the Future of Life Institute suggests that the
>> > intelligence explosion could be only a few years away.
>> > BillK
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>> snip
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>> > . We should be acting on the assumption that
>> > very powerful AI could emerge soon.
>>
>> Acting how?
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>> I have followed this subject for 20 years and have never seen a
>> workable proposal.
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>> My unworkable proposal is to modify human nature because AIs are not
>> the problem, humans are.
>>
>> Keith
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