In reply to Brian.

What you understand is controllable, what you dont understand is not controllable. Today, also the question “controllable by whom” is interesting.

You mentioned the 1950s. The people feared computers because they thought they would be capable doing things that computers now in 2022 in reach of. That makes a difference. Now the fears of the 1950s have a chance to become real.

It always happens this way: a technology is released, and years or decates later humankind has evaluated it, and see if this technology is harmful or not. New laws and regulations follow this process. In this case we release a technology which can create new things in notime. Which can algorithm-based potentially decide in notime. At a certain point this isnt controllable anymore. To be concerned is more than adequate.

Imagine an AI build for hacking server systems. Every expert human hacker looks, compared to a powerful AI, like your grandfather. The problem is, if an powerful AI decides in notime, and damage happens in notime, allegedly this damage cant be undone in notime.

Besides that, funny thing, your minset reminds me also on the 1950s and 1960s. Technolgy is good, whatever it costs. We see now, around 60 years later the results of this mindset, eg. environmental pollution.