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Loquebantur • yesterday at 3:07 PM • 0 replies • view on HN

The most realistic one is, people using AI to turbo-charge their greed.

Western civilization is already on the verge of collapse, people's general ignorance or indifference on the matter notwithstanding.

When you use AI to increase profit margins, by replacing humans with it for instance, you accelerate a system that's headed for the wall already. Our control systems and resilience are already overtaxed, that acceleration would ensure them breaking completely.