We know that, according to prophecies, the world is overwhelmingly likely to be destroyed. If wizards don’t destroy the world, then Muggles will. One obvious way for the latter to happen would be an out-of-control-AI disaster.
But if magic is the universal default, then a sufficiently advanced AI would be capable of spellcasting. Which is not a failure mode any sane AI researcher would see coming.
Magic-by-default has some amusing implications.
We know that, according to prophecies, the world is overwhelmingly likely to be destroyed. If wizards don’t destroy the world, then Muggles will. One obvious way for the latter to happen would be an out-of-control-AI disaster.
But if magic is the universal default, then a sufficiently advanced AI would be capable of spellcasting. Which is not a failure mode any sane AI researcher would see coming.