Geoffrey Hinton upgrades the possibilty of AI causing our extinction in 30 years

[Jim__]

3. A couple of thoughts.

From wikipedia

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As AI technology democratizes, it may become easier to engineer more contagious and lethal pathogens. This could enable people with limited skills in synthetic biology to engage in bioterrorism. Dual-use technology that is useful for medicine could be repurposed to create weapons.[56]

For example, in 2022, scientists modified an AI system originally intended for generating non-toxic, therapeutic molecules with the purpose of creating new drugs. The researchers adjusted the system so that toxicity is rewarded rather than penalized. This simple change enabled the AI system to create, in six hours, 40,000 candidate molecules for chemical warfare, including known and novel molecules.[56][61]

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You could also think about lethal autonomous weapons

If the actions of such AI systems themselves don't directly wipe out humanity, they could cause international incidents that escalate into war.