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by murphy’s law, anything that can go wrong will go wrong. throughout history, there have been multiple technological disasters due to errors in overlooking safety precautions, errors in manufacturing, or when a piece of the machinery simply gives out. the most advanced model of some sort of technology could be highly praised for its innovation, yet at some point, something is bound to go wrong. in the ted talk, by sam harris, harris addresses the issues concerning ai and how they are something to be feared. i agree with the all too science fiction dilemmas ais bring into society, and he brings up many interesting points.

artificial intelligence encompasses such wonder and hope for a smarter future. yet so ironically, it should be something people fear. there are too many people who praise the great unknown capacity artificial intelligence has. people have been growingly dependent on technology and do not realize how easily it can control us. ai most definitely has the possibility to "annihilate… without a qualm" the way harris explains humans destroy ants once the ants get in their way (harris). many people, however, feel that we are still doing the research and our world is far from that. however, harris also discusses how assessing the amount of time it would take us to actually create such advanced ai is futile for "when we continue to improve our machines, we will produce superintelligence" (harris). more concerning, once we have this superintelligence, how can society be reassured that it is safe and that us as a human race will not be controlled by it. furthermore, there are many issues we need to address in our society that cannot be fixed by an ai. i feel that by human nature, humans can become too obsessed with trying to reach such heights they believe ai represent, and instead, we need to look introspectively on how we can improve society independent of superintelligence.