alt Hacker NewsIs it? Are you claiming nuclear bombs are not both essential and also a risk to national security?
Aren't all the AI companies saying that AI poses even a greater threat to humanity than nukes?
How can these two not be deeply connected? If a technology poses humanity extinction level of risk of course it will also be a matter of national security - how can it not be?
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bubblewand • yesterday at 11:16 PM
That's not wha the designation means. You're looking for some interpretation of the term that makes this not a contradiction, and such do exist to be found, but those aren't the correct definition.
> Aren't all the AI companies saying that AI poses even a greater threat to humanity?
20-30 years ago eco-terrorists bombed and burned down a number of biological research laboratories and other targets, because of the perceived risks of gene technology.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Liberation_Front#Notable...
Given all the current talk (and the famous scifi movies) about the risks of AI, I am a bit puzzled how there are no similar activists groups trying to sabotage AI facilities.
What is it that made the risk from gene manipulation feel so much more real and leading to actions, than the current AI risk? The Terminator movie franchise is more famous than any scifi movies about gene technology. (Edit: I guess Jurassic Park franchise surpasses The Terminator.)