Today a year ago, this interesting short film got available on YouTube about what an Artificial Super Intelligence could bring, especially when it became the villain or bad guy: [Wayback/Archive] Writing Doom – Award-Winning Short Film on Superintelligence (2024) – YouTube (some interesting comments below).
Synopsis from [Wayback/Archive] Writing Doom • Film + cast • Letterboxd:
A writing team are given the task of making Artificial Superintelligence the ‘bad guy’ for the next season of their TV show. With the help of a newcomer to the team (a Machine Learning PhD), they must figure out how and why an ASI might function as an antagonist – and the threat it might pose to humanity.
A few important notes:
- there is no good single definition of intelligence that well defines intelligence, let alone AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) or ASI (Artificial Super Intelligence)
- ASI and its goals might be different from human intelligence and human goals
- humanity might not realise or recognise there is ASI (at all, or when it has just become ASI)
- if humanity does recognise, it might not be able to control (i.e. shut down) an ASI (for many reasons, not just it being too intelligent, but also because lack of consensus – read humanity smashing each others heads for no reason before even reaching consensus)
Maybe AGI and ASI are like nuclear war, and this WarGames conclusion is sensible after all: “the only winning move is not to play” though with the money at stake, AGI and ASI might be obtained. I doubt that will be in my lifetime though.
See also:
The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 