chollingJan 28, 2025
For years I've been hearing that "One day AI will be smarter than humans and we'll all be doomed."

"Nonsense," I said. "AI is very stupid, and not getting noticeably smarter." And I was right.

But I didn't think about the fact that there were two ways that prophecy could be fulfilled.
Show threadDan Sugalski1d ago
@cholling the realization that the “and” in there is connecting but not correlating two entirely separate statements is… not a reassuring one.
Show threadcholling1d ago
@wordshaper Not sure which of the three "and"s you're referring to?
Show threadDan Sugalski13h ago

@cholling In the warning "One day AI will be smarter than humans and we'll all be doomed."

Two independent statements (judging from the current race-towards-doom which is independent of AI) joined with a conjunction implying but not guaranteeing correlation. :)

Show threadcholling
@wordshaper That depends on your definition of the word "and".
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