"The part of the story that's wildly implausible is that recursively self-improving superintelligence will just explode from some hacker's basement and take over the world without warning. If it's going to happen, we'll see warning signs first. AI agents breaking out..."
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The Age of Wonders and Terrors
Twenty years ago, when the idea of AI taking over the world in our lifetimes still struck most of us as the unconstrained fantasy of those who knew too much science fiction and too little science, …