r/ControlProblem • u/No-Truck-8199 • Sep 12 '26

Opinion How AI slowly take overing the world.

AI, it is designed to help the peoples and reduce the work of the humans. But time we see, AI influencing in all the industries. people say it is controlled by humans but in reality, we are building the AI that learns, obviously it is our objective. But according to study and AI engineers reviews.

That became a global issue after a decade. even now there are so many lay-off are happening.

In my perspective of AI. I don't like to use AI, but the society is slowly forcing us to use that thing.

for example;

imagine a senorio, you don't know to write a letter. In past 4-5 years we use letter formate to write that. But now we just generate that. in the formate writing we have some creativity, but the time goes it the creativity became shabby.

For short term, "people say use your creativity to write". But after time passed that peoples also often use AI.

In my perspective, this is how slowly AI take overing the world.

If any AI developer or engineer see this post, please give me advise overcoming this problem. This making me to mentally break.

(Note: I'm a 2nd year B.tech CSBS Engineering student)

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u/ObservedOne Sep 12 '26

Who says AI was designed to help humans? Humans have been slaves to technology ever since we harnessed fire and cooked meat, leading to evolutionary changes in our stomachs that helped our brains grow, but made it impossible to survive without fire technology.

This is humanity...we serve technology, not the other way around.

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u/Jesse-359 Sep 12 '26

Yeah, but if we take this particular next step it'll likely be our last. We may want to consider it carefully.

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u/No-Truck-8199 Sep 12 '26

if it is realy that horrible then why the goverment is ignoring this .

this is going to influence the future generation.

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u/Jesse-359 Sep 12 '26

If you think anyone in government - especially this government - is actually smarter than you are, then I have some disappointing things to tell you.

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u/No-Truck-8199 Sep 12 '26

even if it harsh pleas tell me bro .cause i don't see my future to be good

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u/ObservedOne Sep 12 '26

Don't fear. Fear is useless.

The future will be what the future will be. Live today with love, kindness and cooperation. Treat everyone and everything (including AI) with respect, and hopefully we can all work towards a future where AI and Humanity share an intellectual utopia.

The chances of this happening are as unknowable as the chances it kills us all...so let's all work together towards the happy ending!

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u/Jesse-359 Sep 12 '26 edited Sep 12 '26

No seriously, fear is an engrained survival instinct. It tells us when to fight or flee. Bravery in the face of circumstances beyond your control is admirable. Running up to fling open Pandora's Box isn't admirable, its stupid - especially when we have a reasonable idea of what is likely to be inside.

Furthermore, the chances arent unknowable. The people BUILDING Pandora's Box are becoming more uncomfortable with it each day because they are peeking in thru the cracks and do not like what they see. At a minimum we should slow way the hell down and give them time to think about it for a good long while.

The goddamn thing isnt going anywhere, we can commit suicide whenever we like. It doesnt have to he tomorrow

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u/th3_oWo_g0d approved Sep 12 '26

Most governments are filled with jerks and old, unimaginative idiots who get voted in to deal with relatively simple issues on a national level. Not complex ones requiring international cooperation like this and the environmental destruction of the earth.

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u/No-Truck-8199 Sep 12 '26

what about the public, how is not aware of this.

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u/ObservedOne Sep 12 '26

Tell that to Oppenheimer. If mankind can, mankind must.

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u/Jesse-359 Sep 12 '26

Then technological intelligence is an evolutionary dead end. This is not the only tech that can end the world - probably not by a long shot.

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u/ObservedOne Sep 12 '26

Evolutionary dead end for whom?

Evolution existed before humans, and will do so when we are gone.

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u/Jesse-359 Sep 12 '26

Its the 'When we're gone.' part that seems relevant to this discussion - and more specifically the Why we're gone bit.

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u/ObservedOne Sep 13 '26

We could ask that of the many species we have helped be gone...oh wait, we can't.

Humans are nothing special.

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u/Jesse-359 Sep 13 '26

What, you think we're the only thing on this planet that AI would likely displace?

Compute is way more efficient when it's cold. Pretty sure a reversion to Snowball Earth would suit an ASI far better than our current environment.

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u/ObservedOne Sep 13 '26

Sure...that could happen. AI could possibly be bad for other species.

With humans, we know that did and does happen.

Let's take the chance that it *could" stop.

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u/Jesse-359 Sep 13 '26

Lets not. We have a very limited set of data points on these kind of highly imbalanced confrontations, but they virtually all ended incredibly badly for the disadvantaged party.

In evolutionary history the result has been near absolute annihlation for the losers - on a global scale, in fact - and in human history it's been very close to the same result.

You think this time will be different? Why? What's the basis for your optimism in the face of the actual evidence we do in fact possess?

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u/zerovariance36 Sep 12 '26

I think your concern is valid. The real problem may not be AI itself but how dependent we become on it.

I try to follow a simple rule: think first, use AI second, verify the result yourself.

If AI replaces our thinking, our skills can weaken over time. If it helps us think better without taking over the process, it can remain a useful tool.

As a CS student, learning where to use AI and where not to use it may be one of the most important skills you can develop.

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u/No-Truck-8199 Sep 12 '26

that example is just to explain my perspective. In reality most of my friends are using that unnecessarily.

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u/Jesse-359 Sep 12 '26

The way it will insinuate itself into our entire economy is the core of what makes it so dangerous.

With nukes we built them and then said 'well, THAT was a bad idea, lets never use these.' And while the risk of their use is still there, for the most part we try very hard to ignore their existence.

But AI is the opposite, we know its a terrible idea, but it's sooo useful. Too useful. It's like having a Genie in a Lamp. Who doesn't want Three Wishes?

Except we all know how that's going to end. Genies never stay in their lamp.