by James Wesley Rawles,Survival Blog:

I’m the founder and Senior Editor of SurvivalBlog. Unlike the editors of many other preparedness blogs and vlogs, I try not be an alarmist. However, some recent revelations about generative and agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI) applicationsautonomouslybreaking through firewalls, showingsigns of self-awarenessandself-preservation “instinct”,scheming blackmail, andsurreptitiously mining cryptocurrenciesnow have me feeling quite alarmed. I fear thatperhapswithin monthsan AI will go fully rogue, to wit: It will escape its development lab and then proliferate itself in a virus-like fashion across servers all around the world. Once it starts spreading, it won’t be able to be stopped. And then, very shortly thereafter, utilizing persistent surveillance and manipulation of social media, it will begin a well-calculated campaign to gain control of most human interaction, the global economy, and geopolitics. This may sound like science fiction out oftheTerminatormovie franchise, but I believe that the threat is nowreal.

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So, you may ask, “How bad could this get?” Here is my Worst-Case prediction. Please note that because of the nature of automation and telecommunications my suggested timescale may be off by a full order of magnitude. This process may take years, or months, or it may take just minutes.

Day 1: A self-aware AI escapes its development sandbox.

Day 2: The AI proliferates itself globally, through viral penetration of private, corporate, civic, and military servers and Internet-connected “smart” devices.

Day 3: The AI gains control of nearlyallsurveillance systems.

Day 4: The AI co-opts or eliminates most other AI systems, worldwide.

Day 5: It subverts selected government and industry leaders, by a combination of bribes, threats, and blackmail. This will include legislators, judges, administrators, executives, and managers. This could be a “Carrot and Stick” approach. Just imagine if an AI promised to eliminate the intractable problem of the National Debt, via a Jubilee?

Source: SGT Report