AI Theorist Says Nuclear War Preferable to Developing Advanced AI

The idea of a Cthulhu-esque "shoggoth" AI is a far cry--far, as in, shouting from the bottom of the Grand Canyon to the moon--from even the most advanced AIs that exist today. They are stochastic parrots, as researcher Timnit Gebru has coined them, and they have no independent "mind" to speak of. Still, they pose sub-existential risks that can and must be addressed rationally, and without considering nuclear war. An AI model, with enough plugins, may already have the ability to be assigned a task by a scammer and to take the necessary steps to carry it out, including by manipulating humans. AI-driven facial recognition systems used by police have already put innocent Black people in jail.