Comment by phs318u

I think your position, while not uncommon, represents a failure of imagination. We have a sitting president that appears to suffer from narcissism. Is it too much of a stretch to believe that a goal-seeking, people-pleasing, infinitely patient, subservient and sycophantic AI couldn’t get enough of his ear to cause harm? Especially if he starts confiding any feelings of suspicion of betrayal? Even the most powerful and the most intelligent are not immune. It was only a few months ago that Richard Dawkins appeared to have “fallen for” an LLM. What if he’s not an outlier but someone who could appreciate the intelligence of these things (EDIT: corrected a autocorrection) yet who’s ego couldn’t let him see past the flattery to the puppetry?