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Top AI Researchers Terrified of a “Chernobyl Moment”: a Mass Casualty Event, or Worse, That Turns the World Against AI Forever (tech.yahoo.com)

submitted 4 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 55 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Chernobyl blew up because they were dicking around with an unsafe design.

This analogue is very apt.

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[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

An unsafe design that wasnt even fully tested.

Still bang on.

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[–] No1@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago

Look, AI is only measuring 3.6 roentgens. Not great, not terrible.

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