Welcome to episode 117 of the AI for Technical Writers podcast from Curt Robbins. This educational content is designed to give IT professionals and technical writers a competitive edge.

In this episode, hosts Daphne and Fred review a recent article from show producer Robbins entitled "AI Superintelligence: Ultimate Tool or Existential Threat?" that was published on November 9.

This episode focuses on the intense debate surrounding Artificial Superintelligence (ASI). The article by Robbins contrasts the utopian potential of ASI, such as solving climate change and curing diseases, with the existential threats it poses (emphasized by leading AI creators).

These threats center on two technical challenges: The alignment problem, which involves ensuring the AI's goals align perfectly with human values and the control problem, which fears the difficulty of shutting down an entity vastly more intelligent than humans.

Robbins argues that IT professionals and technical writers are central to these issues because they build the systems that ASI would run on and are responsible for translating ambiguous human intentions into precise machine specifications.

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"It will not be AI that takes away the job of a technical writer, but rather another technical writer with deep AI skills," said Robbins.

I am currently taking on new clients. I enjoy helping companies with their documentation and communications strategy and implementation. Contact me to learn about my reasonable rates and fast turnaround. — Curt

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>> Read the original article by Robbins: https://tinyurl.com/k7ew25mm

>> Read the Robbins article "Yale Study: Impact of AI on the Job Market": https://tinyurl.com/f3cuvvxn

>> Read the Robbins article "Why Large Language Models are Changing the World": https://tinyurl.com/bdfv63ca

>> Read the Robbins article "Understanding Anthropic: Rising Star in AI": https://tinyurl.com/46btw22z

>> Read the Robbins article "Comparing ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, & Grok": https://tinyurl.com/3zwttxhk

>> Read the Robbins article "AI Job Replacement Fears Are Good. Here's Why.": https://tinyurl.com/p5t27t7d

>> Join the LinkedIn group Technical Writing Success: https://tinyurl.com/mr28u7td

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