This post from EF-JFKE founder John Simkin is not offensive, but what on earth does the debate over AI have to do with the JFKA?
The EF-JFKA cannot seem to stay on topic, although usually it is lurid, anti-Semitic crackpots who poison the well, not more AI warnings.
And now Simkin, who has always supported Islamists (they are left allies in Britain) warns agains Islamists having AI, with which they will destroy the world.
Simkin: A few days ago Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon warned that firms were pushing self-improving AI models which could become too hard to control. The concern has reportedly been acknowledged by some AI executives. This is nothing new. Professor Geoffrey Hinton has repeatedly warned that artificial intelligence could be used to design and engineer dangerous new biological viruses. Known as one of the "godfathers of AI" and a Nobel laureate, Hinton has stressed that the rapid acceleration toward superintelligence presents a near-term risk of biological weapon proliferation. He argues that advanced AI systems could significantly lower the technical barrier to creating bio-weapons, allowing malicious actors to cause widespread devastation. Hinton is forecasting this happening in the next ten years.
President Donald Trump dismissed rising concerns over the alleged threat posed by artificial intelligence to human existence, saying his priority was to maintain an edge over China. While the researchers warned that the technology could lead to human extinction, Trump said he had no such concerns. Trump said, "We are leading China right now by a pretty good period. I would say a year, which is, you know, considered a lot." Of course Trump is guessing but what happens if in a year's time Chinese AI can produce a virus that can wipe-out mankind? China is not the main problem. It does not want to destroy the American population, it wants to sell them goods.
There are several AI open source models available. What will stop Islamic terrorists from creating a killer virus that could be used to destroy the population of the US? They have no interest in selling goods to America.
US Senator Bernie Sanders recently said he intends to introduce legislation banning AI super-intelligence and propose a sort of sovereign wealth fund in which the US would take a 50% stake in AI companies. That's a start but it will probably not be enough to save the world.
