Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
oli@social.tchncs.de ("Oli") wrote:
"Meanwhile, what’s really existential is AI powering autonomous weapons, killing machines, that are actually being used in warfare. The climate catastrophe is a real thing that could be exacerbated by what these tech companies are building. Bosses are using AI as an excuse to get rid of their pesky workers. This machine-god narrative is, in my opinion, meant to distract us from these."
Yes, a thousand times this. There is no AGI or SkyNet lurking around the corner.