I keep seeing more and more people say we might hit superintelligence in just a few years, maybe even next year. Lately a bunch of big influencers and podcasters have jumped on this topic and started inviting people who’ve worked in AI safety and forecasting for years to talk about it. For example, Daniel Kokotajlo (ex‑OpenAI, author of the “AI 2027” scenarios) went on The Diary of a CEO and literally said there’s something like a 70% chance this all goes horribly wrong, and that superintelligence could arrive before the end of the decade. He even walked away from about $2M so he could warn the public and speak freely about what he saw inside the industry . So I’m wondering how “normal” people actually feel about this, outside the YouTube/podcast bubble. Do you think a near‑term superintelligence is real or just hype? If it did show up next year, what do you honestly think happens to humanity: huge progress, total disaster, some weird mix of both, or basically nothing? I’m asking specifically about how society and everyday life could change over the next decade if near‑term ASI really happens. submitted by /u/Character-Ad9485
Originally posted by u/Character-Ad9485 on r/ArtificialInteligence
It will kill a lot of innocent people