Science fiction author Neal Stephenson has suggested AIs should be allowed to fight other AIs, because evolution brings balance to ecosystems, but also thinks humans should stop using AI before it dumbs down our species.
Typically interesting thoughts about AI from Neal Stephenson. "I see parallels between these and the hydrogen bomb tests that were conducted in your back yard during the 1950s." (via @charlescmann.bsky.social) [nealstephenson.substack.com]
-- kottke.org (@kottke.org) May 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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OK, I have to ask, do we really want to encourage AI to become even smarter?
Asked differently (as I have on this most august site), there's a theory that the reason why we have not been contacted by alien life is because that AI has killed off its creators.
The United States is no longer the leader of the Free World. (2024)
www.space.com
... The rise of AI might explain why the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has yet to detect the signatures of advanced technical civilizations elsewhere in the galaxy. ...
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