#existential-risk
#existential-risk
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1 week agoNo suffering, no death, no limits: the nanobots pipe dream | Aeon Essays
In 2000, Bill Joy, the co-founder and chief scientist of the computer company Sun Microsystems, sounded an alarm about technology. In an article in Wired titled 'Why the Future Doesn't Need Us', Joy wrote that we should 'limit development of the technologies that are too dangerous, by limiting our pursuit of certain kinds of knowledge.' He feared a future in which our inventions casually wipe us from the face of the planet.
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#artificial-intelligence
Artificial intelligence
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4 months agoCould AI Really Kill Off Humans?
AI extinction threat considered plausible by some researchers, but skepticism remains regarding its likelihood.
RAND Corporation's project aims to investigate the hypothesis that AI cannot conclusively endanger humanity.
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