If there is no empirical evidence, if there can be no empirical criticism then all bets are off.
My usual example of the IT path being important is Microsoft. IT improvments have been responsible for much of the recent progress of humans. For many years, Microsoft played the role of the evil emperor of IT, with nasty business practices and shoddy, insecure software. They screwed humanity, and it was a nightmare—a serious setback for the whole planet. Machine intelligence could be like that—but worse.
My usual example of the IT path being important is Microsoft. IT improvments have been responsible for much of the recent progress of humans. For many years, Microsoft played the role of the evil emperor of IT, with nasty business practices and shoddy, insecure software. They screwed humanity, and it was a nightmare—a serious setback for the whole planet. Machine intelligence could be like that—but worse.