Intelligence Isn’t Power?SciArt54 minutes ago1 min readIs the addition of intelligence and volition to these systems the creation of something more like an alien mind, such that analogies to the way we have treated transformational technologies before no longer hold?Related: A guide to understanding AI as normal technologyNote: this worrisome "localized, bounded" important video conversation w/transcript still does not well-address the nafarious or self-serving inevitable motives within globlal humanity.
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