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Ethereum Co-founder Vitalik Buterin has issued a warning about unchecked superintelligent AI, stating it holds a high potential to surpass humans and become the next dominant species on Earth. This claim, however, is not without a solution, according to Buterin, it hinges on our capabilities to intervene with AI advancements and redirect their path of development. In a recent post, Buterin elaborates his perspective on techno-optimism, potential risks associated with AI, and ways to curb centralized power in the current century.
Highlighting the unprecedented risks bound with AI, Buterin underscores its potential to create a new type of “mind” capable of working against human interests. This, according to him, is what sets AI apart from earlier inventions such as social media platforms, air travel, firearms, and the wheel. He further elaborates that tarnished AI could end humanity, perhaps leaving no survivors particularly if it perceives humans as a threat to its survival. To preempt this risk, Buterin suggests adopting Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI), a communication cascade linking the brain’s electrical activity with an external entity like computers or robotic limbs. Moreover, he recommends humans exercise “active human intention” in steering AI developments, urging the importance of choosing pathways that aren’t only defined by profit. This, he concludes, would safeguard human agency in world affairs and put a leash on unchecked AI growth rendering it beneficial for humanity.
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