"Goddamn, how dare they invent the bigger cannons!?" - Romans, 1453, in Constantinople probably. (One incident where I can use my exempt powers).
Have you used gpt4? it's reasoning capabilities match human ability. The more you think about it, the more scary the reality becomes. GPT 4 can reason through any mental exercise as well as a human. The rest of the work to make it autonomous is simple in comparison.
So can I.
And yet, people don't consider me an existential threat.
Mostly because I do not have nukes.
Current GPT doesn't have a physical threat.
But, take something like the movie "Colossus". Where they did give control of nukes. That was scary.
Now, go watch the Netflix show about AI. This GPT stuff is so far just fun apps.
The military already has AI that can out pilot a human in a F-16, you think it will stop there ? That is probably already old news.