When governments really need/want to do something they just do it. The covid era and now Trump have proved that.

So what if it does know, whats it going to do about it, secretly build a killer robot factory without anyone looking? You've been watching too much sci-fi.

While it exists in the virtual world and we exist in the real world we are the ones with the ultimate power.

When governments need to do something they'll do it. I refer you to the covid era.

The AI "overloads" are human. If they - or a government - wanted to switch it off it would be as simple as disconnecting the data centres from the grid. UPSes and backup gens don't run forever.

Given bacteria are in an arms race with each other, if there was a faster way for them to outcompete the others using the materials available evolution would have found it. 2 billion years is very roughly 10^13 bacterial generations.

" it will take all of a millisecond of compute time to realize just how ignorantly infected humans are"

And not much longer to realise those pesky meatbags can quite easily switch it off.

"Remove the profit motive, and we suddenly find ZERO justification to build the fucking machine"

True, but unfortunately money blinds way too many people to the consequences of their actions and the sociopaths don't get in the first place.

... taking over the world always reminds me of this clip from Naked Gun:

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3F...

While AGI relies on electricity its vulnerable to someone just pulling the plug or disabling the power network in some way.

The people who ventured the grey goo hypothesis ignored the laws of physics. We already have goo, except its brown and called mud and the bacteria in it reproduce as fast as the laws of physics allow. If there was a faster and more efficient way to create replicating systems evolution would have found it.

The EU solved that problem very simply - a "car" is capable of carrying up to 9 people and must be 3.5 tons or less (any heavier and you need a bus license). Ergo SUVs and pickups have to meet the same emissions requirements as ordinary cars. Sure, SUVs are popular here (pickups not so much except for trades) but nothing like as much as across the atlantic.

When starting out in programming you need an easy to learn, easy to read language to get people up to speed on CS concepts which are at that point more important than the language they're using to express them. Try teaching novices the basics of programming using C++, Java or other languages with complex syntaxes and lots of hidden gotchas you just have to know about and watch them run for the hills.

FWIW I learnt programming on old school line BASIC. I've been a professional C++ dev now for decades with a side line in Python.

You're making the mistake of thinking New Shiny zealots give a shit about portability. All they care about is winning their moronic argument.

Oh no, not the F word! How would the snowflakes cope? As for misgendering, that's just made up crap to placate magic thinking morons. You might as well talk and misspeciesing idiots who identify as fluffy animals. GTFU.

... has forced american consumers to buy ridiculously oversized SUVs and pickups for the last 2 decades. The best selling car in the US? F150. Don't tell me someone living in the suburbs needs one of those gas guzzling and impractical (unless you really need to chuck half a ton of building material in the bed) vehicles. Manual trades yes, most people? No.

I'm not even an american, mouth breather.

They going to arrest some old people and put them on the first flight home because they've barely heard of twitter and tiktok never mind used them yet the guards don't believe them?

Or will this be limited to certain age groups?

What a cretinous BS idea.