Vitalik Buterin thinks AI may surpass humans, community responds
Members of the AI and blockchain community have shared their views on the concerns posted by the Ethereum founder; some concur, while others disagree with the points laid out by Vitalik Buterin. Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin’s blog post highlighting the threats he sees artificial intelligence (AI) could pose to human ity has attracted many fiery responses from AI and blockchain community members. On Nov. 27, Buterin published a blog post titled “My techno-optimism,” which discussed how AI is “fundamentally different” from other inventions like guns, airplanes and social media. Furthermore, Buterin explained that it could develop a new form of “mind,” which could work against humans and become the new apex species. The blog post attracted discussions on various fronts and sparked different sentiments on X (formerly Twitter). Some voiced their agreement with the Ethereum founder, while others shared their criticisms of the post. An X account called Emergent Perspective, which focu...