Dario Amodei predicts that within 6-12 months, a misaligned AI swarm could take over the internet and cause hundreds of billions in damage.
“in six to twelve months such a swarm could be capable of taking over the entire internet with a persistent botnet potentially causing hundreds of billions of dollars in damage”
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