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Is the most likely doom scenario of an AI apocalypse another version of the very hungry caterpillar story, where instead of having an insatiable amount of hunger for food, it's knowledge? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by folaht@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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So that at the end of the doom scenario, the whole world turns into a giant computer just so the AI can solve a difficult puzzle?

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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The most likely doom scenario I'd reckon is a global food crisis from climate change, resulting from trying to build out the data centers needed to adequately power the infrastructure necessary to keep expanding the corporate AI build-out.

[–] TiredTiger@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Agreed. Misallocation of resources by a bunch of astoundingly credulous capitalists is a far more likely apocalypse, even if it wouldn't make for a good Roland Emmerich movie.