But why bother waiting for that event, when a diverted meteor could have solved the “problem” centuries ago? Human created AI was plausible from the industrial revolution—not a certainty, but not less than 10^-6, say. Well worth a small meteor diversion.
There is probably an observation selection effect here in play—if the meteor were diverted, we would not exist by now.
So only late threshold “berserkers” may still exist. Maybe they are rather far—and the meteor is on the way.
But I think, if they exist, they must be already on Earth in the form of alien nanobots, which could exist everywhere in small quantities, maybe even in my brain. In that case, alien civilisation is able to understand what is going on on Earth and silently prevent bad outcomes.
But why bother waiting for that event, when a diverted meteor could have solved the “problem” centuries ago? Human created AI was plausible from the industrial revolution—not a certainty, but not less than 10^-6, say. Well worth a small meteor diversion.
There is probably an observation selection effect here in play—if the meteor were diverted, we would not exist by now.
So only late threshold “berserkers” may still exist. Maybe they are rather far—and the meteor is on the way.
But I think, if they exist, they must be already on Earth in the form of alien nanobots, which could exist everywhere in small quantities, maybe even in my brain. In that case, alien civilisation is able to understand what is going on on Earth and silently prevent bad outcomes.