10 May 2026 - AI risks

Severe risks come with unpredictable change to the social order, but AI poses no direct risk in itself. AI technology is like knives: Knife technology is valuable, but there is the problem of ill-doers who use knives, including the specialized war-knives called swords. We humans have watched enough science fiction movies, and we won't make a machine we can't control. We don't control other humans. But we could use AI for that, if we accept the risk.