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0 pointsnhaehnle10y ago0 comments

To be fair, there's a massive difference between an evolved circuit using electro-magnetic subtleties inside a chip, and an AI programmed for and running on a regular, binary CPU being able to exploit those to act as an antenna that can emit signals that will hack into other, physically separated devices.

I'm not saying that it's impossible (I'm reminded of the hack of flipping bits in protected RAM by disabling caches and stressing the RAM), but even an AI can't magically work around exponentially low success probabilities.

(As an aside, I am rather skeptical about the singularity anyway because the more extreme forms required for the hostile AI worries are only plausible if P = NP.)

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zamalek10y ago

> binary CPU being able to exploit those to act as an antenna

I should have stipulated that I was running under the assumption that the circuitry required for SAI would be pretty advanced, drastically increasing the "escape surface area."

Even if the idea is only plausible to the human mind I'd still give SAI the benefit of the doubt. Much like a dog looks for a stick even if I fake the throw.

> I am rather skeptical about the singularity anyway

Me too. It still makes for a good discussion.

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