How long until AI unintentionally*, directly causes a single incident in which (a) at least hundreds of people die or (b) at least tens of thousands of people suffer something of comparable magnitude to losing your life's savings?
* Not intended by any human being. It may be that the AI itself has some vague notion of intention or that it just craps out in some random way.
Peter Bloem
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