Just beyond the world that exists within our heads is the world is the world that exists between us: Earth’s eight billion inhabitants.

We behave through complex biological.

Subtracting people from the environment changes how we behave across a huge variety of situations.

War has run almost through out all of human history, taking many forms.

From besieged towns surrounded by moats/fortifications to the grabbing of territory by emperors playing with their new toys. It’s no exaggeration to say that that our lives have been greatly influenced by them.

With no end to the current conflicts on the globe they’ll continue to do so.

However the stakes these days are higher than past wars.

With nuclear weapons terrifying high, with a rogue AI terrorists ( with an unlimited menu of methods and targets, ) nuclear supremacy will be worthless.

I am not talking here about drones with FRV technology that are already in use by Hamas and in the current war between Russia and Ukraine. I am talking about Cyber terrorism ( ie politically motivated use of computers and information technology to cause disruption and fear in society, by targeting almost anyone or anything.

Cyberspace one of the most crucial aspects of modern life, connecting everyone and everything.

Just like climate change it is the specter of catastrophe no matter how remote that will propel it safety to the forefront of public policy. However people are unwilling to spend a lot of money to avert a future problem especially when it’s like-lihood of it effecting their lives is so uncertain.

With Climate Change the worst possibility is downright biblical, with Cyberspace the wars are still in science fiction.

The problem with being human is that we are stuck in our own heads. We don’t have enough perspectives when making many life decisions. Unfortunately we respond to these dangers with the same brain as our ancestors had some 60,000 to 80,000 years ago.

The difference is that they had a vested interests in each other, we don’t, as social media has shifted the balance of power from the hands of the few to the masses.

Almost all of the world is using Social Media platforms, which are becoming more powerful to the detriment of individuality.

The problem with AGI is that it will not be surveillance or the degradation of human skills, but rather an Arms race in the military domain, that is going to lead to the depletion of resources without any perspective from a moral or ethical alignment to any human values.

In the future most warfare will be digital.

Time will tell.

One nation has no right to tell another what to do.

However autonomous warfare, which we are just witnessing the beginnings of will not require specific instructions from humans.

A self driven hacked car could start the next war.

It’s fair to say that up to now our lives are greatly influenced by natal roulette. To great extent this no longer applies.

Uncontrollably AIG will de-warf any nuclear deterrence, as it could introduce a virus that could wipe us from the planet.

Within its inverted logic it could kill billions without consulting anyone.

We have to decide what we want now.

Whether we want to impose restrictions/ regulations/ or restraints, call it what you like on the capabilities of Artificial Intelligence’s, as the AI tools to come will not be anonymous tools by default.

Nothing happens in a vacuum. World War One did not start in a vacuum, nor did World War Two start in a vacuum. They were the result of an area of a statues quo that collapsed.

AI bots should not have freedom of speech.

Non human entities are flooding Social Media Platforms in the form of Algorithms with their own goals of seeking profits above any thing else.

AI that is defying its own goals should be banned.

When are we going to wake up to the facts that in the near future anyone with open AGI could hold the whole world to ransom.

Lack of trust transparency to do no harm – against Benefit. Will shape the future.

Human intelligence has carried our species through countless challenges. Adapting to the implications of replicating it might be one of the biggest ones.

There is no second chance when it comes to AI, only the improbable is impotent,

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