• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    This is just based on a survey of researchers (not even AI researchers specifically) where they were asked if they think it’ll happen or not and they gave anything from vague predictions to complete gut-feeling guesses back.

    It’s a worthless article. Not that I even needed to click to find that out.

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      83% of statisticians polled say you cannot predict future events from the statistical results of an opinion poll, which means you can still make those predictions 17% of the time. Maybe this is one of that 17%?

  • Yer Ma@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    +/-95%

    “AI experts’ predictions should not be seen as a reliable guide to objective truth”

  • HeavyDogFeet@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    What are the chances that it won’t cause extinction, but will just make things a bit (or maybe a lot) worse for a lot of people?

    I don’t think any reasonable people are all that concerned with doomsday scenario as much as with the slow march towards a bullshit future.

  • silverbax@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    So, 95% chance that humans will cause human extinction.

    And humans created AI, so even if AI does in the human race, it will still have been humans.

    I guess if humans go extinct, it’s close to 100% due to humans.

  • Hal-5700X@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    You have nothing to be afraid of, Dave.

    Can it happen, maybe. Will it happen. Beats me, man.