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MiHale

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1. If...if...AI gains sentience we are doomed...

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:27 AM

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Especially if the programmers have instructions to ‘protect’ humanity. It will save humans from humans or destroy itself because it can’t.
Novels have been written about this.

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"Think like humans". Well ok then, it is happening......AI to the human rescue. [View all] a kennedy Tuesday OP

If...if...AI gains sentience we are doomed... MiHale Tuesday #1

Just getting interesting with what they can do now. a kennedy Tuesday #2

AI is unsustainable at the current time... MiHale Tuesday #4

Sounds interesting.....will definitely find and read it. a kennedy Tuesday #6

I Robot is a Mary Poppins story compared to Robopocalypse... MiHale Tuesday #7

This message was self-deleted by its author LudwigPastorius Tuesday #10

No thank you. SheltieLover Tuesday #3

I don't understand the obsession with self-driving cars... Moostache Tuesday #5

GIGO OC375 Tuesday #8

So, if it's so danged smart, what is its solution to... LudwigPastorius Tuesday #9

They'll never reach the apex this one has right now sakabatou Tuesday #11