alt Hacker NewsYes and no.
Yes, we need to keep humans accountable.
No, that is not the X factor problem. If I make an AI capable of self-sustainment on the internet you can take me out and kill me and it won't do a damned bit of good for the damage it will keep doing long after I am gone.
This is why governments tend to smack down any actions they find that can have long term uses as weapons.
> If I make an AI capable of self-sustainment on the internet
I'm really surprised nobody has done that yet. With how cheap AI is to run these days it would only need to make a small amount of money (e.g. through hacking).
Someone should set one up with the long term goal of getting egg on LeCun's face.