The A.I. Singularity Could Lead to more A.I. Risk and Existential Autonomous Military Threats

Space-tech, killer robots, quantum computing, and the space race combine for more A.I. risk in the years and decades to come.

Photo Credit: An image autogenerated by DALL-E, OpenAI’s text-to-image tool, when given the instructions to make: “an image of someone sitting behind a computer and creating musical notes, art, and code. It should reflect the excitement and fear about the power of generative AI.”

Hey Everyone,

I’m noticing the intersection of geopolitical risk, the A.I. arms race towards A.I. Supremacy showdowns and the advent of space-tech and space weapons is going to create more A.I. Risk as a civilization.

Experts think AI could bring on the next Industrial Revolution — and some even think it could trigger nuclear war

• Researchers surveyed 480 experts in Natural Language Processing on what they think of AI. 

• Many respondents agreed that AI can create "revolutionary societal change" and lead to catastrophe.

• This survey was even before ChatGPT came on the scene.

Meanwhile Space-tech is about to emerge out of stealth and it will take geopolitical rivalry into space and satellites. A growing number of companies are racing to get into the space defense business—but a major conflict of interest scandal could be on the horizon. The way Space agencies, governments and corporations do businesses will weaponize A.I. and make weapons in space more dangerous.

We don’t have adequate guardrails in place for what comes next. I’m probably not the only one who is getting worried about this.