Or it could create a completely different AI with a time delay. Or do anything at all. At that point we just can’t predict what it will do, because it wouldn’t lift a hand to destroy the world but only needs a finger.
I’m not ready to give up on prediction yet, but yeah I agree with your basic point. Nice phrase about hands and fingers. My overall point is that this doesn’t seem like a plausible warning shot; we are basically hoping that something we haven’t accounted for will come in and save us.
Or it could create a completely different AI with a time delay. Or do anything at all. At that point we just can’t predict what it will do, because it wouldn’t lift a hand to destroy the world but only needs a finger.
I’m not ready to give up on prediction yet, but yeah I agree with your basic point. Nice phrase about hands and fingers. My overall point is that this doesn’t seem like a plausible warning shot; we are basically hoping that something we haven’t accounted for will come in and save us.