Dystopian stories envision a world where robots turn on their human creators and reduce the world to rubble. Many AI alarmists borrow this kind of language to highlight their concerns. AI will become sentient and wield its newfound power and knowledge to wipe humans off the face of the earth.
Suppose, though, that AI genuinely poses a threat to the human species, but in a much subtler way?
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