All we have to worry about is ‘generative AI’ killing millions of white-collar jobs

As Jim Lovelock said in his book, Novacene, AGI would perceive human beings the same way as we see plants. However, human beings and AGI have no vital interests that obviously clash, and one existential shared interest: the preservation of a habitable climate on the planet we share.

Artificial general intelligence—a machine that's intelligent and self-motivated—is what the AI experts have been both seeking and dreading. ‘Dreading,' because such an entity might be hostile and powerful. ‘Seeking’, because what could be more interesting to a species of curious monkeys than a different kind of intelligence?Image courtesy of Pexels

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

June 1, 2023

LONDON, U.K.—I’m looking at a headline this morning that screams ‘AI Creators Fear the Extinction of Humanity,' and I suppose they could turn out to be right. But it’s still a bit early to declare a global emergency and turn off all the machines.

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