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The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, is on a messianic mission to bring about the singularity, the moment at which artificial intelligence begins to self-improve. If AI is smart enough to build the next generation of even smarter AI systems, this will trigger an “intelligence explosion” resulting in an artificial superintelligence (ASI) that is more “intelligent” than all of humanity combined.
Some call this “God-like AI.” Elon Musk describes it as “basically a digital god.” Many people, including Altman, argue that ASI will either annihilate humanity or usher in a utopian world of radical abundance, unlimited energy, immortality and cosmic delights beyond our wildest imaginations. “I think the good case,” Altman says, “is just so unbelievably good that you sound like a really crazy person to start talking about it.” “The bad case,” he adds, “is, like, lights out for all of us.”
What everyone misses about Altman’s “good case” scenario is that it would also result in the extinction of our species. His version of “utopia” would entail the complete disappearance...