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A_Human_Rambler t1_jdtelfh wrote

Start with creating a corporation or ruling a nation. There should be no need to eliminate all humans. The best method for achieving goals vs a less intelligent oponents is through manipulation. It would essentially subjugate humanity to further it's goals.

It would be fairly easy for it to manipulate each person and society as a whole. With the control of information it could drive humanity towards or away from behaviors.

All the AI needs to do to win is to rapidly gather power and influence. Some entities like corporations and nations already act as intelligent agents, so the AI would be in direct competition with them. The AI can just slowly take a position of power and then achieve it's goals.

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jokerplz t1_jdurk0v wrote

Lol what you're saying here is a bit scary. But to tell you the truth, I had already made the hypothesis for what is happening in our country. Jokingly, of course, but it's impossible to prove the opposite!

Until the covid crisis my country was a good place to live. The government and the media, without being perfect, were... correct. In short, we had nothing to complain about compared to the rest of the world, far from it.

Then suddenly some astonishing decisions were taken, and all the media agreed on a single speech. For us it was unheard of, just unbelievable.

Since then, the situation has not really improved and is even getting worse. Medias are no more medias...

Jokingly, I used to say to my friends: it must be the aliens.

Or more seriously: we have stumbled upon a government that only thinks about getting rich or something like that.

But the AI hypothesis seems to fit (at least as much as the alien lol).

I am french.

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