alt Hacker NewsBut you can visually see the danger.
AGI and AI danger is abstract. Worse, outside of the tech community, no one has the remotest clue what computing is, how it works.
Danger from magical daemons seems more sensible to such people. At least there is endless lore about them.
So until a massive disaster happens, one where large numbers of people die or are severely injured, no one will care. And it can't be politically entwined either, otherwise people will disbelieve 'cause "other team lies".
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AI is the focal point of current great power competition so it can’t and never will be not politically entwined. The number one use if AI will be military, killing guaranteed, indeed it’s already happening. But some still say “AI won’t kill humans” and some aren’t just lying to protect their income stream but actually believe AI can be prevented from killing.
> Danger from magical daemons seems more sensible to such people. At least there is endless lore about them.
There's endless lore about rogue AI, too.
Hence why so many AI stories are illustrated with a publicity still from Terminator or 2001. Or Age of Ultron. Or Ex Machina. Or Portal.