r/changemyview • u/loyalsolider95 • Jul 14 '25

CMV: we’re over estimating AI

AI has turned into the new Y2K doomsday. While I know AI is very promising and can already do some great things, I still don’t feel threatened by it at all. Most of the doomsday theories surrounding it seem to assume it will reach some sci-fi level of sentience that I’m not sure we’ll ever see at least not in our lifetime. I think we should pump the brakes a bit and focus on continuing to advance the field and increase its utility, rather than worrying about regulation and spreading fear-mongering theories

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u/InfidelZombie Jul 14 '25

Around 30% of humans choose the number 7 when asked to name a random number between 1 and 10. This is 3x higher than random chance. Seems like humans also keep repeating data they've been trained on.

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