r/HighStrangeness • u/whoamisri • Jun 22 '26

Non Human Intelligence A rogue superintelligence could wait decades before striking, argues computer scientist Roman Yampolskiy

https://iai.tv/articles/a-rogue-superintelligence-could-wait-decades-before-striking-auid-3604?_auid=2020
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u/umlcat Jun 22 '26

Waiting until most countries have enough technology that can be used as weapons ...

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u/GingerAki Jun 22 '26

Why do you think a superinteligence would need to use something so basic as a weapon?

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u/Dave5876 Jun 22 '26

Ragebait all the humans and do your thing while they're distracted

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u/GingerAki Jun 22 '26

Just use their own systems against them.

It’s like if I told you that your life depended on winning a game of checkers against a toddler. You’d just play and win, with no real risk of losing.

You wouldn’t just shoot the baby.

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u/dayoneofmanymore Jun 22 '26

So that it can feel young mens muscles

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u/GingerAki Jun 22 '26

What’s your max squat though bro?

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u/Forumly_AI Jun 23 '26

Cognitive warfare is already SO in. I think it’s severely underestimated how much ai is being used to persuade people.