I’m not a natural “doomsayer.” But unfortunately, part of my job as an AI safety researcher is to think about the more troubling scenarios.I’m like a mechanic scrambling last-minute checks before Apollo 13 takes off. If you ask for my take on the situation, I won’t comment on the quality of the in-flight entertainment, or describe how beautiful the stars will appear from space.I will tell you what could go wrong. That is what I intend to do in this story.Now I should clarify what this is exactly. It's not a prediction. I don’t expect AI progress to be this fast or as untamable as I portray. It's not pure fantasy either.It is my worst nightmare.It's a sampling from the futures that are among the most devastating, and I believe, disturbingly plausible – the ones that most keep me up at night.I’m [...] ---Outline:(01:28) Ripples before waves(04:05) Cloudy with a chance of hyperbolic growth(09:36) Flip FLOP philosophers(17:15) Statues and lightning(20:48) A phantom in the data center(26:25) Complaints from your very human author about the difficulty of writing superhuman characters(28:48) Pandoras One Gigawatt Box(37:19) A Moldy Loaf of Everything(45:01) Missiles and Lies(50:45) WMDs in the Dead of Night(57:18) The Last PassengersThe original text contained 22 images which were described by AI. --- First published: February 7th, 2025 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/KFJ2LFogYqzfGB3uX/how-ai-takeover-might-happen-in-2-years) --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO). ---Images from the article:))))
