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Whether or not it has intent is irrelevant. What is your point? That it doesn't "think" like humans? I agree with you there. It doesn't think like us. And that is terrifying.
Why is it terrifying at all? Maybe you should start there?
See, I think making it sound terrifying and magical is actually the worse response we could have. Instead we should be explaining how it functions. Why it fails. Why it gets things wrong so much. What it actually is.
Based on what I have seen it could be a net positive. It also could be a net negative. I don't see it as a humanity ending risk.
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Why is it terrifying at all?
Seeing a computer able to outperform humans at all tasks on the horizon is terrifying. No longer being the apex intelligence on this planet is terrifying. Understanding that the number one use for AGI is for military purposes is terrifying. Understanding the alignment problem is terrifying. AGI is not going to be aligned with humanity because we as a society are ill prepared to create an AGI that is humanity aligned. And even if we did it is extremely difficult to prove that what we have created is in fact humanity aligned.
This is a very doom and gloom video that I don't completely agree with but it does discuss some of the main points of Situational Awareness. Will give you a bit of my perspective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_onqn68GHY
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