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So long as we can pull the plug or disconnect the interfaces we'll be ok with AI. Once we can't, then we have a problem.

In effect the scariest AI is distributed, self propogating and can't be unpowered. Effectively a virus. I have yet to see a meaningful distributed AI, even in concept.



But it's not inconceivable that in the near-future an AI could train itself to mutate (even if this means interfacing with mechanical turk or freelance websites and paying humans to do it).




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