The REAL reason experts warn about AI KILLING us 💀
![The REAL reason experts warn about AI KILLING us 💀](/content/images/size/w960/2023/06/WHEN-TO-SHORT--PEPE--6-.jpg)
Agenda:
- The letter
- How opinions on AI change
- 4 reasons why AI is so powerful
- What could go wrong (bad and really fkn bad)
- Who signed the letter and who didn't
- The REAL reason why they signed
What is this letter?
![](https://www.cryptoslav.io/content/images/2023/06/image-1.png)
![](https://www.cryptoslav.io/content/images/2023/06/image-2.png)
How opinions on AI change:
How it started vs how it's going:
https://twitter.com/SmokeAwayyy/status/1663948983948165123?s=20
Why AI is so powerful:
AI is more combinatorial than any other tool:
![](https://www.cryptoslav.io/content/images/2023/06/image-3.png)
Evolution for AI is much faster compared to humans:
![](https://www.cryptoslav.io/content/images/2023/06/image-4.png)
AI faces no selection pressure from evolution:
![](https://www.cryptoslav.io/content/images/2023/06/image-5.png)
AI doesn't need to be "bad" to resist control:
![](https://www.cryptoslav.io/content/images/2023/06/image-6.png)
How AI could go wrong:
- Any kind of risk we have now will be amplified.
Putting tech in the hands of authoritarian governments:
![](https://www.cryptoslav.io/content/images/2023/06/image-7.png)
Misinformation causing signals with second-order effects:
![](https://www.cryptoslav.io/content/images/2023/06/image-8.png)
Pushing agencies and echo bubbles:
![](https://www.cryptoslav.io/content/images/2023/06/image-9.png)
- And the obvious ones: war, pandemics, more exploitative behavior, AI taking control
Who signed the letter and who did not:
https://www.safe.ai/statement-on-ai-risk
![](https://www.cryptoslav.io/content/images/2023/06/image-11.png)
![](https://www.cryptoslav.io/content/images/2023/06/image-10.png)
The REAL reason:
Negativity bias:
![](https://www.cryptoslav.io/content/images/2023/06/image-13.png)
![](https://www.cryptoslav.io/content/images/2023/06/image-14.png)
Worrying about the risks early is GOOD:
- Even if AI cant take control soon, it is worth worrying about it now because of exponential development.
Most likely immediate macro effect: Jobs
![](https://www.cryptoslav.io/content/images/2023/06/image-12.png)
- Also acceleration of all trends from before.
Takeaway:
- Keep a close eye on AI in your industry because it will likely bring YUGE change.