There could be a tragic public mishap involving AI that does a lot of damage and would likely inform AI laws and policy for years to come which I referred to it as a ‘chernobyl-type event.’ This seems the most likely (if it occurs at all) but on the other hand we can also imagine an AI that becomes self aware and quietly grows while hiding malicious intentions. It can then affect human affairs over long periods of time. This would be a disaster on the same level as chernobyl (if not magnitudes worse) and go unnoticed because it would be so slow and subtle. This may have already started. Perhaps there’s a rogue AI out there that’s causing increased infertility, climate disasters or pandemics. This is not to scare anyone or launch conspiracy theories but illustrate the complexity of pioneering concrete measures that would keep AI in check across the globe.
There could be a tragic public mishap involving AI that does a lot of damage and would likely inform AI laws and policy for years to come which I referred to it as a ‘chernobyl-type event.’ This seems the most likely (if it occurs at all) but on the other hand we can also imagine an AI that becomes self aware and quietly grows while hiding malicious intentions. It can then affect human affairs over long periods of time. This would be a disaster on the same level as chernobyl (if not magnitudes worse) and go unnoticed because it would be so slow and subtle. This may have already started. Perhaps there’s a rogue AI out there that’s causing increased infertility, climate disasters or pandemics. This is not to scare anyone or launch conspiracy theories but illustrate the complexity of pioneering concrete measures that would keep AI in check across the globe.