In the Vulnerable World hypothesis, Nick Bostrom suggests that every time we invent a new technology it’s as though we are drawing balls from a bag. Most balls are white (beneficial) and some are grey (harmful), but some could be black (a technology that could potentially destroy the world). Nuclear bombs are one such example. Inventing artificial general intelligence would be like drawing all the balls at once.
In the Vulnerable World hypothesis, Nick Bostrom suggests that every time we invent a new technology it’s as though we are drawing balls from a bag. Most balls are white (beneficial) and some are grey (harmful), but some could be black (a technology that could potentially destroy the world). Nuclear bombs are one such example. Inventing artificial general intelligence would be like drawing all the balls at once.