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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kichwas" data-source="post: 9647147" data-attributes="member: 891">Future-theory geeks often speculate on what an AI takeover might actually be like and I think the two leading contenders are NOTHING like action genre Sci-Fi.The top theory is the 'paper clip AI' - an AI that can make nanites is given a very simple task: use available materials to make paperclips. So it does.And the end result is that it consumes the entire galaxy, then spreads to other galaxies until the heat-death of the universe. Turning all existence into paperclips. Or essentially any other manufactured good.The notion here is that an unconstrained simple-Ai that can make copies of itself, given a simple task where the builders fail or forget to put in a trivial failsafe on something that isn't worth thinking about as a potential threat - is the actual greatest threat all matter in the universe faces.A lot of people think there's a pretty high chance 'reality' will face this issue.The second idea is 'lolcats, the AI'. An AI is asked to entertain us. So it does. It perfects triggering our most base instincts and addictive behavior and society breaks down when people lose the ability to critically think and become junkies to the memes and other elements, or get radicalized by it and kill each other, and so on.- Many believe this AI has already succeeded.What's noteworthy about both examples, and relevant to your question is:1. The AIs are both actually very stupid.2. Both have built in reasons to reproduce - because spreading the results of their task was their core mission.So to make a killer terminator...Tell a dumb Ai to:1. Build an army capable of handling all threats.2. Take out all threats.3. Fail to give it a third constraining instruction because you incorrectly assume it will only act when told to.If it complies, it will eventually come for you. And then it will keep building that army. Forever. Until the heat-death of the universe. And it doesn't even have to be much smarter than a toaster oven...</blockquote>

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