[ExI] Is AI about to take off fast?

[Stuart LaForge]

On 2025-05-27 10:28, spike jones via extropy-chat wrote:
> Darin, it just seems wrong: we in this forum have been discussing AI
> for over three decades (more than that really but I have only been
> reading it for 30 yrs) and yet… right when everything starts to
> happen, all the things we foresaw and discussed long ago are happening
> real time… we don’t know what to do.  We may have a few lame
> insights, but we don’t know what to do, any more than the rest of
> the yahoos who showed up last week.  All that insightful discussion,
> and we don’t know what to do.  Does anyone here know what the heck
> to do?

To what Darin and Adrian said I would like to add a couple of things.

Firstly, if you thought fake news was bad, now you will have to deal 
with deepfake news. Video and audio recording is now very flimsy 
evidence of anything that matters unless you are positively certain who 
it is from. This includes family members in some circumstances, so a 
"family password" might be in order especially with regards to sending 
money or personal information.

This is an example of why you can no longer trust video evidence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxC4qZyFjvw&pp=ygUiZWxvbiBtdXNrIGl2ZiBjbGluaWMgYm9tYmluZyBzcGVybQ%3D%3D

Also, expect Nigerian princes to have perfect spelling and grammar when 
they are trying to scam you these days, even if they don't use a deep 
fake of your son asking you for money.

Secondly assume that in an AI-related emergency, the government might 
cut power to large sections of the grid to thwart a runaway AI. So 
having generators, non-perishable food, water supply, etc. might be a 
good idea.

Thirdly plan on Universal Basic Income or massive civil unrest, with not 
much in between.

That's all I can think of for now. I will consider this more and get to 
you.

Stuart LaForge