Comment by david sinclair (david-sinclair) on Believable near-term AI disaster · 2023-10-14T08:18:29.753Z · LW · GW

Douglas Adams was a brilliant observer of human things. He did make predictions about the form of future AI through the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation. Their products included robots with genuine people personalities. He also included the hindsight warning that nobody really wanted their products and that they were the first up against the wall when the revolution came. Maybe the way to stave off 'AI' dystopia is to stop using AI products now?