Brains are so outdated.
'I know this guy who works in technology and computers,” said a lunch companion the other day, “and he says there’s a 50-50 chance AI destroys humanity in 30 years.”
I wanted to ask: “By ‘works in tech and computers,’ do you mean ‘stands around at Best Buy waiting for someone to ask a question about a charger cord?’ That’s honorable work, but it bestows no expertise.”
The doomsayer approach says AI will turn off the power, or crash our food distribution systems, or wipe out the banks. Why? Because the robots don’t see the point of a planet crawling with carbon-based ...
