Ha I learned VBBasic back in the day self taught. I wrote thousands of lines of code. Then I learnt about loops :)
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I disagree it has great potential to do great things for humanity. Also great evil same as nuclear technology.
I get what you’re saying when AI can manipulate, it will try to make sure the button never gets pressed. But humanity isn’t dumb either. We’ve spotted and contained world-ending risks before. Why assume we wouldn’t notice this one?
Ha I learned VBBasic back in the day self taught. I wrote thousands of lines of code. Then I learnt about loops :)