[ExI] How Close is the AI Intelligence Explosion?

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On Sat, 22 Mar 2025, Brent Allsop via extropy-chat wrote:

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> Yes, exactly.  limited, irrational and stupid human behavior is the problem, not ever more intelligent AIs.

So maybe AI:s will be a blessing then? I find it very depressing that the 
only thing that is discussed seems to be how negative it would be, that 
the AI are inherently evil and want to destroy all humans.

Maybe super intelligent AI:s will take care of humans, and not see the 
point in our battles and wars, and help us to stop them once and for all?


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