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ankurdhama • today at 6:14 AM • 3 replies • view on HN

There is a solution to this problem of "AI going to kill everyone".

- Create powerful AI but don't release it and keep it secret.

- Ask this AI to create some sort of virus that can be delivered to every human in the world without them knowing it and this virus does a fundamental change to the human brain such that humans never ever could even think of hurting other humans.

- Release this powerful AI to everyone.

Will that work?


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martheen • today at 6:20 AM

You're assuming that the AI created solution (virus, cold fusion, etc) won't have unknown effects either due to incompetence or malice.

ccapitalK • today at 6:16 AM

> ... this virus does a fundamental change to the human brain such that humans never ever could even think of hurting other humans.

I do believe this is possible for a virus to achieve, I just don't think it's possible without killing the human.

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jesseendahl • today at 6:22 AM

Are you describing the plot to Pluribus?