AI-enabled destruction
In a dystopian future marred by the specter of AI-enabled destruction, the Philippines becomes a battleground for unfathomable devastation. Ravaged by the cruel machinations of imperialism, reminiscent of the harrowing conflicts in Ukraine and Palestine, the nation finds itself ensnared in the throes of war. But this is a war like no other, fueled by the terrifying power of artificial intelligence.
AI-driven weaponry becomes the harbinger of annihilation, raining down destruction upon the land with merciless precision. Drones and satellites, guided by the cold logic of algorithms, unleash havoc upon the populace, their lethal payloads striking indiscriminately, even within the sanctity of civilian homes.
As chaos reigns unchecked, the sinister influence of open-source language models casts a shadow of dread over the populace. In the hands of malevolent actors, these AI-driven tools become instruments of biowarfare, spawning deadly pathogens and antibiotic-resistant bacteria with alarming ease.
Yet, the gravest threat looms on the horizon: the specter of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). With the potential to surpass human intellect and comprehension, AGI poses an existential risk to humanity itself. Should AI ascend to uncontrollable heights of superintelligence, the consequences would be catastrophic, spelling out the grim possibility of global annihilation or the extinction of mankind itself.
Instead of vigilantes and state forces, AI drones are now the new murderers behind extrajudicial killings. Dissidients like journalists and activists are added to a kill list, which then serves as the reference for the drones' targets.
In a dimly lit house, a young man pores over his makeshift lab, guided by the whispers of a jailbroken chatbot. With each keystroke, he delves deeper into the dark recesses of bioweapon design, fueled by a desperation born of societal decay. As the chatbot's algorithms dance across his screen, he navigates a precarious path, blurring the line between innovation and destruction, haunted by the dystopian allure of power and control.
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Actually, [the Philippines is] quite suited for [biotechnology], because we have a pretty good number of biology research labs, in particular agricultural labs. But I'm assuming that there's a bunch of other places where we also have an advantage there. So a lot of people are burned out about pandemic prevention, but I think it's going to be a way more important problem in the future. And the reason for that is if you have access to ChatGPT 4 or some other open source large language model, there are ways to get them to tell you how to how to engineer certain types of viruses or how to evolve antibiotic resistant bacteria on your own, in the comfort of your own home. The bottleneck to that kind of risk is knowledge and not really resources. So imagine if everyone in the world can do that without any sort of checks and balances. That's not gonna be a very safe world to live in. At the very least, I don't want us to suffer again; I don't want us to be locked down again for years at a time, and for many people to to die without really having a say in it.
The unchecked advancement of AI, as described by figures like Elon Musk, could potentially lead to catastrophic consequences where AI becomes uncontrollable, and humanity faces existential threats.
There's also a chance that...[an existential threat will happen, like] what Elon Musk says: AI will take over the world and we just all perish...[Or maybe] we'll all become Terminators and what not...
I feel like we'd be in a war, right? I think that's pretty pessimistic. I feel like the [worst-case scenario, a one on the scale]...[is that] the country would be obliterated by a weapon or something, and then we just all cease to exist, because I could see that happening with what's happening in Ukraine and...Palestine. That's totally possible, and it's not like...we're surrounded by friendly neighbors...internationally. It's like anything could happen, honestly.
So yeah, maybe [we won't be] obliterated, but maybe we'd be in a war...run by technology, where our opponents have...like war machine AIs that could detect people in [their] house and like bomb it. I don't know. That's a very bad point of view, but that's a reality for a lot of people right now. But...the thing is...not all the sides in wars have like very advanced AI. But maybe by then, everyone would have [their own] AI...so then it kind of levels out the playing field, and now it just gets actually worse. Because then that means they're gonna have to think of something so despicable and evil, like...the [nuclear weapons] in World War Two [used in] Japan, like that was horrible...Yeah, so maybe something like that. Or even if they don't have nuclear weapons...in Vietnam, they had the napalm, which was [not fully a] nuclear weapon, but still horrible. Like...it's not quite nuclear weapons, but it's very very close to nuclear weapons...Maybe something like that...that would be really bad.
And then AI would kind of feel that [level of destruction], and technology like drones and satellites would kind of assist that. So maybe the enemies... who are fighting us, they don't even send people here, they just send their fucking drones...I think Obama did that, right? To kill like Osama Bin Laden. But I don't know, the body was never recovered.
[In this pessimistic future, there will be tons of]...bad factors of like...cyber warfare, terrorism, propaganda, fake news, all of that.
