This all depends on what the AI wants. Without some idea of its utility function, can we really speculate? And if we speculate, we should note those assumptions. People often think of an AI as being essentially human-like in its values, which is problematic.
It’s a fair description of today’s more successful IT companies. The most obvious extrapolation for the immediate future involves more of the same—but with even greater wealth and power inequalities. However, I would certainly also council caution if extrapolating this out more than 20 years or so.
This all depends on what the AI wants. Without some idea of its utility function, can we really speculate? And if we speculate, we should note those assumptions. People often think of an AI as being essentially human-like in its values, which is problematic.
It’s a fair description of today’s more successful IT companies. The most obvious extrapolation for the immediate future involves more of the same—but with even greater wealth and power inequalities. However, I would certainly also council caution if extrapolating this out more than 20 years or so.