I think I can indeed forsee the future where OpenAI is helping the Pentagon with its AI weapons. I expect this to happen. I want to be clear that I don’t think this is a bad thing. The risk is in developing highly capable AIs in the first place. As I have said before, Autonomous Killer Robots and AI-assisted weapons in general are not how we lose control over the future to AI, and failing to do so is a key way America can fall behind. It’s not like our rivals are going to hold back. To the extent that the AI weapons scare the hell out of everyone? That’s a feature.
This is giving “guns don’t kill people, people kill people” energy. Sure, ai takeovers can happen without skynet, but skynet sure makes it easier.
This is giving “guns don’t kill people, people kill people” energy. Sure, ai takeovers can happen without skynet, but skynet sure makes it easier.