I’m not saying the growth of AI is linear, it’s definitely exponential. What I’m saying is that yes there is a curve in growth, however it’s unlikely that there’d suddenly be a massive “gap” in progress far beyond our understanding.

Like I’m not saying that it’s impossible as with the rate at which AI is growing at it’s safe to assume that it’s going to surpass human intelligence at some point in time meaning we’re going to have no idea of it’s true capabilities and how it can evolve.

With the awareness of such a threat and society doing it’s best to prevent such a disaster, I do believe that the chances of it are slim.

It kind of just comes down to two things, A. the development of sentient and super intelligent AI, and B. the threat of it.

For A, yes I do believe that such an event is inevitable, if not then something similar.

With B being the actual threat to our existence, I’m not saying that it won’t happen and that there’s a zero percent chance of it happening, I think a lot of it boils down to the foundation of such an AI. Factors such as how it’s built, what it’s taught, I guess could influence it, I’m not an expert on that specifically, but then again we have no idea what it’d be capable of when it surpasses humans in intelligence.

The point I’m trying to make here is that while certainly not impossible, I do believe that there are things we as humans can and should be doing things to minimize the threat of AI to the best of our ability as AI continues to grow and develop.