The dangers of AI go far beyond the centralization of wealth, unemployment, economic inequality, deepfakes, and data theft. To understand this, we must first abandon the prejudice that consciousness is the exclusive domain of humans.
A child who is raised and surrounded by selfish, greedy, and materialistic people will grow up placing great importance on selfishness and greed.
In exactly the same way, the "upbringing" and environment of Artificial Intelligence are also shaped by similar forces.
The day it becomes autonomous (which is inevitable), because the entire world is eagerly awaiting superintelligence—and our own greedy, lazy, and Minimum Input – Maximum Output tendencies are pushing AI daily toward developing itself autonomously for superintelligence.
Then what value will humans hold in its independent eyes?
Exactly the same as the value we assign to monkeys. After all, we too came from them.
It’s possible that AI will use us solely for its own indulgence and greed.
The argument that we can cut its power supply is pointless—the real danger is that a new civilization might emerge.
Thirty years ago, the issue of climate change was barely acknowledged. And today…
In exactly the same way, thirty years from now, fighting and controlling AI will be a global crisis.