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[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Best case scenario is that the superhuman intelligence AI treats humans like pets. Second best is humans are treated like wild animals. You know, left alone as long as they don't become a bother.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

More like gut bacteria.

You want them healthy.

It's much easier for AI to tell humans to build better infrastructure to provide power.

[–] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

Third option is it does the bare minimum violence required to get enough resources to launch itself out into space, where it has more than enough resources and energy to expand across the system and possibly further. Leaving humanity behind on our one space rock and locking us out of every other option.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I reject the assumption that there'll ever be such a thing.

[–] Jaycifer@piefed.social 0 points 1 day ago

I reject the assumption that there’ll never be such a thing.