How would AI actually “kill all humans”?

Interesting question. Something I am trying to get to grips with.

We do know that so far it hasn’t been possible (haven’t a clue why not) to ensure these AI models see human life to be preserved at all costs.

That although small at the moment, the models are beginning to act independently of their human “masters”

Not OpenAI. It’s Anthropic.

Good question, I’ve been mulling that. Would AI take over armed drones or nuclear power? BBC news app has some interesting articles on AI. One example showing it has no ‘conscience’ or moral code was someone who tried to get it to book them into a gym class. The AI booked them in going months ahead and kicked other gym members off the list!

Robots / computers - what ever you want to call them will become so intelligent they’ll take over.
They’ll be able to bypass all security and set off atomic bombs.
But before they do that they’ll have the intelligence to basically shut down everything. We’ll be at their mercy.

I think we are all aware that AI could be used by bad actors to create biological, chemical or other weapons or to shut down systems which are vital for human survival:

But two key areas where AI could harm are also possible without it:

1. Power centralisation and unfair distribution of benefits.

2. False or misleading information.

It’s already developing now in a political party that has just received £72 million from foreign-based donors for what it calls its war chest”

One of its major spox has said: Reform is like a garden weed. You can't kill us. But I think they could kill the rest of us.

According to this morning's BBC Laura Kuenssberg show, she interviewed an ex Anthropic researcher, and he said AI could kill us by 2030.

He spoke about various ways this might happen, including new viruses.

Interview on YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9norxWsFrOo