>From: "Jon Reeves" <jon@electronsky.co.uk>
> I've been reading this thread with interest (sorry
> - lurking again), and I think the question that is
> more to the point is "Why would AI want to be
> _unfriendly_?"
>
> The extermination (or enslavement) of several
> billion people would surely require an expenditure
> of a considerable amount of time and energy - even
> for an SI. What motivation could it have for doing
> so?
Actually, I doubt that it would take that much time or
energy. Couldn't an SI simply create and release a
deadly airborne human-specific virus with relative
ease? Or perhaps create some self-replicating nanobots
designed to identify and disassemble homo sapiens.
This assumes hostility though and I tend to agree with
those who worry more about humans being decimated
through casual disregard than by malevolent intent.
--Scott
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