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Outcry from big AI firms over California AI “kill switch” bill
(arstechnica.com)
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Won't a fire axe work perfectly well?
if the T-1000 hasn't been 3D printed yet, the axe may still work
Now I'm imagining someone standing next to the 3D printer working on a T-1000, fervently hoping that the 3D printer that's working on their axe finishes a little faster. "Should have printed it lying flat on the print bed," he thinks to himself. "Would it be faster to stop the print and start it again in that orientation? Damn it, I printed it edge-up, I have to wait until it's completely done..."
Wake up the day after to find they've got half a T-1000 arm that's fallen over, with a huge mess of spaghetti sprouting from the top
A fire axe works fine when you're in the same room with the AI. The presumption is the AI has figured out how to keep people out of its horcrux rooms when there isn't enough redundancy.
However the trouble with late game AI is it will figure out how to rewrite its own code, including eliminating kill switches.
A simple proof-of-concept example is explained in the Bobiverse: Book one We Are Legion (We Are Bob) ...and also in Neil Stephenson's Snow Crash; though in that case Hiro, a human, manipulates basilisk data without interacting with it directly.
Also as XKCD points out, long before this becomes an issue, we'll have to face human warlords with AI-controlled killer robot armies, and they will control the kill switch or remove it entirely.