Submission + - Comparing the production of AI to the production of fire (realm-of-the-cephalopods.net)
high_rolla writes: In this episode of the serialised novel "Realm of the Cephalopods" (about a dystopian future marred by global heating and cephalopods), Toby muses about how the pursuit of AGI mimics the development of fire in early civilisation, what is says about people in general and the destruction that it caused. People have the capacity to achieve and produce great things however that same ability, unfortunately, also tends to lead to great destruction. Why is that so? And is there ever any way to avoid it?
