Christine Hall on Nostr: "The Press newspaper of Christchurch warned about the potential dangers of mechanical ...

"The Press newspaper of Christchurch warned about the potential dangers of mechanical evolution and called for the destruction of machines, foreshadowing the development of what we now call artificial intelligence—and the backlash against it from people who fear it may threaten humanity with extinction": 161 years ago, a New Zealand sheep farmer predicted AI doom https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/161-years-ago-a-new-zealand-sheep-farmer-predicted-ai-doom/