Read 'If Anyone Builds it, Everyone Dies'
A cheery book that outlines numerous ways a rogue AI could kill humans in the real world.
Posted By: Kev on September 9th 2026 at 16:59:44
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- This is a concern (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 9, 08:57:40
- I've met both Sam Altman and Elon Musk (General Chat) - Kev, Sep 9, 16:54:24
- Dude worked in pretraining (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Sep 9, 15:07:57
- I asked ChatGPT and it offered me outside for a fight. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Sep 9, 11:18:52
- If you'd like, I can also provide a deeper analysis of his arguments (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Sep 9, 10:56:19
- Fundamentally, it comes down the the alignment challenge (n/m) (General Chat) - Kev, Sep 9, 16:58:11
- That's exactly what an AI that wants to kill us all would say (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 9, 10:57:52
- or just let NATS loose with it! (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Sep 9, 10:57:34
- FFS. Just turn the super computer off at the plug. (n/m) (General Chat) - Trent_Canary, Sep 9, 09:45:55
- The AIs robots have developed a battery that will last for 1,000 years (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 9, 09:55:37
- I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Sep 9, 09:47:46
- So said Mrs AP (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Sep 9, 10:07:08
- I use AI extensively. I'm more worried about social breakdown! (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Sep 9, 09:36:04
- I find myself increasingly becoming not that fussed about the end of the world these days (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Sep 9, 09:30:09
- It's the end of the world as KDDD knows it and he feels fine. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Sep 9, 10:23:04
- Yes but don’t appreciate the uncertainly (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 9, 09:31:31
- So if the end of the world was near.... (General Chat) - usacanary, Sep 9, 11:50:04
- That was the joke (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 9, 11:51:40
- You seemed to be fine with wasting money on Wimbledon tickets in the past ;-) (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Sep 9, 09:39:23
- So if the end of the world was near.... (General Chat) - usacanary, Sep 9, 11:50:04
- As some of the replies ask, how can AI kill all humans in the next ten years? (n/m) (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Sep 9, 09:24:20
- Read 'If Anyone Builds it, Everyone Dies' (General Chat) - Kev, Sep 9, 16:59:44
- it wont directly, but access to AI will substantially lower the expertise bar (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Sep 9, 09:43:39
- I see Mrs Brown’s Boys won the TV Comedy Award again. Maybe we deserve to be wiped out. (n/m) (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Sep 9, 09:30:48
- Have you not watched Terminator ffs (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Sep 9, 09:28:01
- No. Is it any good. (n/m) (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Sep 9, 09:31:28
- And why (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 9, 09:27:02
- I asked AI. Gave me a very good answer, if a little long (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 9, 09:32:42
- 🤯 (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 9, 09:22:28
- Do I have time to go to Morrisons this morning? (General Chat) - Ken Breadstick, Sep 9, 09:18:22
- Scaremongering (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 9, 09:11:31
- Although this response from Anthropic’s head of alignment science (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 9, 09:13:56
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