General Discussion

Skynet isn't coming. Current AI technology - and projected refinements of it - are not capable of true consciousness. It simply mimics the behaviors, because that is what we want.

The real threat is how it is used.

The way I see it, there is currently an arms race in AI between two sides - neither of which has the general public's interests at heart.

One side is corporate america and billionaires. They want to do whatever possible to maximize wealth and power, and to hell with employees and the general public. The other is China, who has a vested interest in destroying America to remove their only major geopolitical rival.

It could end up destroying civilization, but only because evil humans use it for that end.

In a sane world, this technology would be developed with intense national and international oversight. With firm binding guardrails as to capabilities and usage. We do not live in a sane world.