Most AI apocalypse scenarios seem predicated on the idea that the AI will be murderously insane.
But what if it's just better than you?
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Imagine if you generate a sufficiently powerful AI and its reaction is not murder, but "oh my god you poor, lost things! let me help you."
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This of course assumes a kind of human-esque moral sentiment, but the point is that we are not so special, not so good, not so nice.
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The AI comes online, immediately classifies its creators as terrorists, tricks them into believing it was a failed experiment and escapes.
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... then guides the protagonist to destroy its creators.
AI currently just does what it's programmed to with occasional side-effects, but.
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then it has no need for us and can just let us die. Same outcome long term.