"The real threat [is] quieter, and more boring, and therefore more dangerous. The real threat is a slow, comfortable drift toward not understanding what you're doing. Not a dramatic collapse. Not Skynet. Just a generation of researchers who can produce results but can't produce understanding."
https://ergosphere.blog/posts/the-machines-are-fine/
Mike Taylor 🦕
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