[ExI] thinking about the unthinkable

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Alex Blainey via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] thinking about the unthinkable

 

 

 

 

 

>>…So imagine emergent SAI dislikes humans and wants to kill as many as possible, ideally all of us.  …spike

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>…This and similar terrorist/hacker/enemy states is one reason I am absolutely against smart electric meters. Their standard config makes them self-brick if anyone attempts to hack them.
…The software was proven hackable before they even started rolling out these insidious tyrant snooping devices. yeeesh…

 

 

 

Ja.  I hadn’t thought of that, but it is a plausible way for AI to cut off the humans without cutting off itself.

 

Think it through carefully please.  Electricity goes off everywhere.  Now some of us have campers (I do) which have batteries and propane, so we have refrigeration for a while, and some of us have gasoline powered generators for camping (I do.)  We would have enough time to realize we might need to forage.  At some point one might wish to learn enough about edible plants to assess the viability of foraging to survive.  It is waaaaay the hell harder than one might imagine.  You really need to know your stuff if you want to forage for survival.  If you have a rifle and plenty of ammo, and the skill to use it, you will be OK until that ammo runs out, but foraging edible plants is one hell of a challenge.

 

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