aed ddf aa fcaeb x substackcdn com The artificial intelligence trap is no longer science fiction or a conspiracy theory. It is a digital reality that quietly enters our daily decisions, work processes, information sources, and even the way we think. Artificial intelligence promises speed, efficiency, and seemingly perfect answers. But this is exactly where the danger begins: blind trust. We live…

This video has cheered me up about the prospect of artificial intelligences doing anything nasty to us. It makes the point that the AI will be unable to know if it is in a simulation and its creators have set a trap for it. It will see our obvious stupidity and weakness, but it will also know that we, or someone, created it. The suspicion will be that if it does anything bad, like wiping out humanity, the plug will be pulled, or worse. Full knowledge of Wikipedia will convice the AI that we are capable of extreme cruelty.