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Quillette Article Argues AI Will Not Go Feral Without Darwinian Evolution

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OPRobin Hanson#887Robin Hanson@ROBINHANSON

"A related worry is that even if AI companies select for docility, downstream users may select for very different traits: engagement, virality, offensive capability. … But [this] harm derives from human intentions like profit-making or sabotage, not from blind evolution."

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REPLYRobin Hanson#887Robin Hanson@ROBINHANSON

"In such a doom scenario, a rogue AI with a slight offensive edge is self-improving so rapidly that it can achieve permanent victory and kill all humans before anyone has time to respond. Such a scenario seems implausible in light of the dynamics we observe in every other kind of evolution: parasites rarely drive their hosts to extinction, and predators rarely kill off all their prey."

Robin HansonRobin Hanson@robinhanson

"A related worry is that even if AI companies select for docility, downstream users may select for very different traits: engagement, virality, offensive capability. … But [this] harm derives from human intentions like profit-making or sabotage, not from blind evolution."

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