Specifics are just that—specifics. They depend on the details of any given technology, and insofar as no AI for now has the power to self-improve or even come up with complex plans to achieve its goals, they’re not particularly relevant to AGI, which may even use a different architecture altogether.
To me it seems like the arguments remain solid and general, the way, say, the rocket equation is, even if you don’t specifically know what your propellant will be. And like for that time Oppenheimer & co. had to worry about the possibility of igniting the atmosphere, you can’t just go “oh well, can’t possibly work this out from theory alone, let’s roll the dice and see”.
Specifics are just that—specifics. They depend on the details of any given technology, and insofar as no AI for now has the power to self-improve or even come up with complex plans to achieve its goals, they’re not particularly relevant to AGI, which may even use a different architecture altogether.
To me it seems like the arguments remain solid and general, the way, say, the rocket equation is, even if you don’t specifically know what your propellant will be. And like for that time Oppenheimer & co. had to worry about the possibility of igniting the atmosphere, you can’t just go “oh well, can’t possibly work this out from theory alone, let’s roll the dice and see”.