Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Zombie AI Death Match

Zombie AI Death Match
Who would win in a fight between a zombie and an AI? 

The answer, as with most hypothetical conflicts between fantastical opponents, is: it depends. Consider the classic debate of bear versus shark - the outcome hinges entirely on where the fight happens. In the ocean, the shark always wins; on land, the bear.

I asked Claude Sonnet 3.5. For those of you who don't live in the nerdosphere, Claude Sonnet is an LLM. Here's what it said:

"In a hypothetical conflict between a zombie and an AI, the AI would likely prevail due to its superior processing power and lack of physical vulnerabilities. Unlike zombies, AI isn't constrained by biological needs or limitations. It could operate remotely, analyze the zombie's behavior patterns, and devise effective countermeasures without risking direct confrontation. However, this scenario raises deeper questions about the nature of intelligence, consciousness, and the potential risks of advanced AI systems that can outmaneuver and outthink biological entities, even hypothetical ones like zombies."

Of course, it would say that. It's an AI. 

However, on balance, I think it's right. Unless they were to clash in a post-apocalyptic world, where the AI is hosted on a single, antiquated machine [think Windows ME] and the Internet is unavailable. Then, the zombie wins every time.

Take that, Skynet.

What does this have to do with reality? I was going to title this post: AI Won't Take Your Job, But Someone Using AI Will. I think the main difference between AIs and humans is volition: we've evolved to desire things, and this causes us to reach out and get them.

The important word there is 'evolved.' Desire is an evolved characteristic, the result of the original protoplasm reaching out to acquire some kind of resource, thus gaining a survival advantage, and Chucky D took care of the rest.

Of course, you might not believe in evolution. If so, click here to win a prize.

What does that have to do with zombies? Zombies are a MacGuffin: a filmic device to solve any problem. They are a special type of dead human.

Our goal in this blog is to not become a dead human.

About me:



I'm Nikolai Ross. I'm an author and engineer. I write sci-fi adventures. My new novel A Lightship to Aldebaran is on Amazon now. Email me at nikolai.ross@proton.me for your free copy.

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Zombie AI Death Match

Who would win in a fight between a zombie and an AI?  The answer, as with most hypothetical conflicts between fantastical opponents, is: it ...