A misleading open letter about sci-fi AI dangers ignores the real risks
This is a good list, but I&#x27;m continually surprised that people ignore what seems to me like the worst realistic danger of AI. That is the use of AI by militaries, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies. AI will cause a <i>huge</i> expansion of the power of these institutions, with no accompanying increase in the power of the people to control them.<p>Forget the Terminator scenario. We don&#x27;t need to invoke science fiction to imagine the atrocities that might result from an unchecked increase in military and law enforcement power. AI that obeys people is just as scary as AI that doesn&#x27;t. Humans are plenty capable of atrocities on our own. Just look at history. And regulation is unlikely to save us from government abuse of AI; quite the opposite in fact.