2024-12-18 05:00:00
Einstein said that there are two indisputable things: the universe and human stupidity, and he said that he doubted the first one.
For his part, the economist Carlo Cipolla classified people into four types: the miserable, the intelligent, the evil and the stupid.
The unfortunate cause harms themselves, but generates benefits for others; intelligent people act in ways that create benefits for themselves and others; On the other hand, the wicked seek their own interests by harming others; and, finally, the stupid—of whom there are alarmingly large numbers—harm others and themselves without benefiting from them.
The crucial difference is that the evil and intelligent know that they are evil, the pity is doubtful, but the stupid are not aware of their own condition.
This ignorance makes them extremely dangerous, even more than evil people, since stupidity is completely unpredictable.
However, not everything is bad.
In War of the Worlds by HG Wells, disease-causing earth bacteria destroy the alien invaders, saving humanity.
Using this same parody, we could imagine, an existential threat from artificial intelligence (AI) able to act in the same way.
The unpredictability of AI would not only make people stupid, but also its community.
Stupid people, like drops of water united by surface tension, group together, doing exponentially stupid acts.
This explains the rise of certain musical expressions or the election of incompetent people to public offices.
Paradoxically, this stupidity may be the not-so-secret weapon against evil artificial intelligence.
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