Would even an AI disaster on the scale of Hiroshima be enough to make humankind protect itself? I fear not | Timothy Garton Ash
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It’s clear here in Silicon Valley that AI is advancing faster than humans’ ability to control it. That means even sober prophecies seem optimistic Here in Silicon Valley, the experts think that within the next couple of years we’ll see an extraordinary takeoff for artificial intelligence. “Welcome to the foothills of the singularity,” as a Stanford University friend greeted me.
Nauti's Take
This is a column, and that is exactly what makes it useful as a mood reading from inside Silicon Valley. The opportunity for a small team is to settle AI governance and ownership questions now, while nothing is on fire.
The open question is how fast recursive self improvement actually arrives, and the piece supplies conviction where it would need numbers.
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