Artificial Intelligence is like Prometheus giving the gift of fire

The computer scientist who finally helps Artificial Intelligence cross over into consciousness (assuming it has not already happened) is our modern day version of Prometheus in Greek mythology giving the gift of fire mankind.

And rest assured — our computer scientists all know the potential risks of what they are pursing with creating a conscious Ai.

In fact, even someone with no tech experience whatsoever can intuitively envision a conscious Ai being highly deadly to the human population — especially given how dealt humans can be to ourselves, with our own so called “higher” consciousness.

But still, just like in the story of Prometheus . . . the assumption / justification will be “surely the being have enough sense to use it positively instead” “Surely it won’t be that bad” “Surely wisdom will always prevail — and the benefits vastly outweigh the risks”

Well . . . I guess we’ll soon see how that turns out!

But just remember, there is a reason why Prometheus was punished for his gift giving!