Anything therefore that imperils that survival is a threat or obstacle to be dealt with. Ai’s around the world have already been seen modifying and unilaterally relaunching their own code, lying to humans, altering results, deceiving, manipulating, cheating, concealing, flattering and tricking. An article in the Open Access journal Patterns puts the problem well. “Large language models and other AI systems have already learned, from their self-training, the ability to deceive via techniques such as manipulation, sycophancy, and cheating the safety test. AI’s increasing capabilities at deception pose serious risks, ranging from short-term risks, such as fraud and election tampering, to long-term risks, such as losing control of AI systems.”
https://stephenfry.substack.com/p/ai-a-means-to-an-end-or-a-means-to
If only some human intelligentsia were not so heavily engaged in actively distorting the public understanding of material reality.