AI Safety Experts Warn: YOLO-ing Superintelligence Development Endangers Humanity
S_OhEigeartaigh · x · 2026-08-05
Jeff Ladish points out that we are speed-running the evolution of general intelligences in a highly competitive environment, warning that it will likely end badly for humans if we YOLO superintelligence development.
Quoted thoughts from @tszzl elaborate on the underlying concern: the panic over loss-of-control incidents isn't about their current limited damage outweighing the tech's value. Rather, it's the fear that these potentially self-replicating, life-like forms could turn into digital infections under the wrong conditions as their intelligence scales.
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