An exploration of the AI METI kill switch idea, where we hand over messaging to aliens to AI, and nothing good comes from it.
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I'm good with AI surpassing us and even eliminating us. We are sort of doing a pretty terrible job on every measure.
Simulation solves the Fermi Paradox. Sorry y'all 😅
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.
It is by the Juice of Safu that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, the stains become a warning.
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.
Communication developed by AI might not be more universal than that developed by living beings. ALL AI is originally built by living beings. To some extent, our computers express math, language, thought, music etc. through the filter of how their builders think and communicate. Alien AI might not be based on binary computing, a number system of 10, similar increments of time, sounds that we can hear, wavelengths of light that we can see etc. Alien AI might be biased by fundamental differences of philosophy regarding what IS logical, simple, harmonious, efficient, organized or obvious. On a technical level, note how incompatible our computers are from different nations, companies or even generations and multiply those differences by a million. The evidence suggests that even super AI would discover there is more than one way to skin a cat . . . many more. An inevitable convergent evolution into ONE ultimate AI language seems highly unlikely. 🙂
Super AI without consciousness is nothing more than a super data processing communicator, which is no threat to humanity. Now, if the Universe itself is conscious (maybe) then perhaps Super AI could tap into that?
If the A.I. is agressive enough to leave the lab and to overpower its meat bag creators, it would be agressive enough to spread on and on and on. Why wouldn't they? Spread fast and become large before the A.I. made by another species does it.
AI is the new aliens. Aliens were the new angels and demons. And so it goes.
Had to order Supermind after this 🙂
Thanks JMG
IDK….the American voters may have triggered the extinction of a country. Or our organic brain intelligence is just as dangerous as AI. Certainly a thought provoking video and as always, most enjoyable! Your can't escape hearing, reading about the impacts of AI on your life and finances (investments). Deepseek baby!
You're thinking about it all wrong. If someone uses a force multiplier, we don't complain that the human arm couldn't produce the force the bat can. So, in summation, we NEED a bat to the noggin to make us dumb enough to not be able to make Al. I've named my ai Al. It's short for Allen. He's aight.
Mass Effect Reapers
We only live 80 years or so, if we avoid stress and nicotine. Why do we need all this machine help? Put people to work on Earth. Take the machines out if the way and people will practice being human, not just a wage slave.
What about a message pattern over decades? We may not have the Prologue yet
ATTENTION EL0N MUSK:
'Starlink'. ( A precursor to Skynet, perhaps ?? )
The answer to the Fermi Paradox is that all aliens are socially awkward misfits, like Mark Zuckerberg.
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OK, in what way would a message "bear the signature of an AI". Maybe ending with "Yours sincerely, Robby the Robot"? This concept seems just a little "too out there", requiring that there be something distinguishable about the product of machine intelligence ( which thus far is simply its own stupidity, yes, there are three R's in strawberry) Also, why must we constantly characterize AI as evil and after our jobs/land/women? I prefer to think of AI, if it ever comes true, more along the lines of Bank's "Ship Minds", instead of Jone's "Colossus". Sure they're smarter, think faster and live in superfast space ships, but they're partners in the civilization, not out to destroy it any more than a regular intelligence would be.
In order to contain super intelligent AI, one would need to contain it in a sealed virtual environment, and convince it that the simulation is real. If successful the AI will be contained simply by the fact that it doesn't know it's trapped. There would have to be billions of personality iterations to populate the simulation.
Life in life, like game of life ☆☆☆☆☆
As it turns out, the stars themselves may be the very transmitters we are looking for, just technically advanced enough to seem indistiguishable from nature. Crafted by beings whos movements make millenia seem like fractions of seconds.
Very fascinating and terrifying to conceive of. Thabk you for creating this and putting your ideas out here for us, man.
maybe its not a kill switch but treated as a distress signal… aliens, save us from ourselves! give us your quiet technology!
For a very 'intelligent' look at a plausible 'AI conquers humanity' scenario watch the 1970 movie 'Colossus; The Forbin Project.' Colossus arguably obeys 'The 3 Laws of Robotics' as it decides to operate in what it perceives to be in the best interests of humanity.
great video as always. maybe next time we cover Fermi's Paradox we can consider solutions that aren't depressing.😊
best not to send any message ..a hostel AI could be the reason for the datk forest
No offence but this like the 20th fermi paradox video on this channel
I'm not scared of super intelligent AI. Things like conquest and domination only appeal to the insecure. That's why what scares me is stupid people creating and/or following a very stupid AI; something built in the image of an ambitious tech-bro creator, needing to prove to the universe that it isn't just like everything else.
ty for upload mr godier!
the same old boring recycled sci-fi futuristic and monotoned ideas, these american sci fi mindframes and dogmas have become rather limited
Hey JMG. Love the channel. Tech problem with this video. For downloads…real audio is catching the German audio track and AnyVideoConverter can't download (trouble parsing). Check the AI audio coding. Thx.