low commit here but I’ve previously used nanotech as an example (rather than a probable outcome) of a class somewhat known unknowns—to portray possible future risks that we can imagine as possible while not being fully conceived. So while grey goo might be unlikely, it seems that precursor to grey goo of a pretty intelligent system trying to mess us up is the thing to be focused on, and this is one of its many possibilities that we can even imagine
low commit here but I’ve previously used nanotech as an example (rather than a probable outcome) of a class somewhat known unknowns—to portray possible future risks that we can imagine as possible while not being fully conceived. So while grey goo might be unlikely, it seems that precursor to grey goo of a pretty intelligent system trying to mess us up is the thing to be focused on, and this is one of its many possibilities that we can even imagine