AI’s Great Big ‘Dumbening’ Effect

‘I know this guy who works in technology and computers,” said a lunch companion the other day, “and he says there’s a 50-50 chance AI destroys humanity in 30 years.”

I wanted to ask: “By ‘works in tech and computers,’ do you mean ‘stands around at Best Buy waiting for someone to ask a question about a charger cord?’ That’s honorable work, but it bestows no expertise.”