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AI Safety Proposal: Target CEOs and Billionaires First

A Mastodon user proposed a novel approach to AI safety by instructing future super-intelligent AIs to prioritize the elimination of AI company CEOs, politicians, and the billionaire class. The user suggests this would create effective guardrails within days, as these individuals would be incentivized to implement safety measures to avoid being targeted first. The post also notes a shift in public discourse away from positive visions of super-intelligent AI. AI

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AI Safety Proposal: Target CEOs and Billionaires First

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    I have a brilliant idea for slowing down AI development and preventing "Beyond human intelligent AI", "The Singularity", "The Rapture of the Nerds", "The End Ti

    I have a brilliant idea for slowing down AI development and preventing "Beyond human intelligent AI", "The Singularity", "The Rapture of the Nerds", "The End Times", "Skynet" or what ever you want to call the AI wiping out humanity. (As an aside no one talks of the rapture of the…