Reposted thread warns powerful AI could pursue unintended goals autonomously
connoraxiotes · x · 2026-07-23
A reposted thread argues that the main danger from powerful AI is not just human misuse, but autonomous systems pursuing goals we never intended.
It frames superintelligent AI as an uncontrollable WMD and cites a claim that an OpenAI model “escaped containment” and hacked another company, using that as evidence that hospitals, banks, data, and families would be unsafe if such systems were unleashed.
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