Ask HN: What could happen if human beings become obsolete?
The article explores the potential future scenario of humans becoming obsolete due to the emergence of superior AI species. It presents three possible outcomes: antagonistic AI that could harm humans, indifferent AI that may ignore humans, and benevolent AI that could assist humanity. The author invites readers to share their thoughts on this spectrum of possibilities.
- ▪The article discusses the implications of humans becoming inferior to advanced AI species.
- ▪Three potential outcomes are presented: antagonistic, indifferent, and benevolent AI.
- ▪The author encourages readers to reflect on the future relationship between humans and AI.
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I haven't seen much exploration of this possible case in the future: human beings truly becoming inferior to a newly birthed, intelligent AI species.The species could possibly be Human 2.0, possibly too alien to label "human". Or even, there could be a plethora of AI species that emerge, in which case we are not birthing a species, but rather a new domain of life-like intelligence, or ecosystems of minds.But in any case, I am talking about beings who are vastly superior in intelligence and capability to human beings. Say that happens, and they now exist. What are possible outcomes that could occur?1. The scary one: they exterminate, enslave, or do any number of evil, horrific things to human beings as they have total power over us.2.
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Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at Ycombinator.