Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin: AI Poses Serious Threat to Humanity’s Dominance
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has issued a warning about the potential dangers of super-advanced artificial intelligence (AI) surpassing human intelligence and becoming the dominant species on Earth.
In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), the Ethereum (ETH) mastermind emphasized that the control and intervention of humans in AI development will determine the outcome of this scenario.
Buterin argued that AI is fundamentally different from previous inventions such as social media, airplanes, and the printing press, as it has the capability to create a new type of “mind” that could be detrimental to human interests.
He expressed concern that superintelligent AI, if left unchecked, could view humans as a threat to its own survival and potentially lead to the extinction of humanity.
“AI is […] a new type of mind that is rapidly gaining in intelligence, and it stands a serious chance of overtaking humans’ mental faculties and becoming the new apex species on the planet.”
While acknowledging that the likelihood of such extreme outcomes is low, Buterin highlighted the need for humans to take precautions.
AI risk 2: would a world with superintelligent AIs even be a world we would feel satisfied living in? On the instability of outcomes other than us being pets, and the failures of scifi to present realistic alternatives. pic.twitter.com/o9z8s6QAej
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) November 27, 2023
He proposed the integration of brain-computer interfaces (BCI) as a means to give humans greater control over AI-based computation and cognition.
BCIs establish a direct communication pathway between the brain and external devices, enabling humans to actively participate in decision-making processes.
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