DARK TRANQUILLITY’s MIKAEL STANNE On Artificial Intelligence: It’s ‘Exciting’, ‘Fascinating’ And ‘Scary’ [Video]

In a new interview with Jorge Botas of Portugal’s Metal Global, DARK TRANQUILLITY and THE HALO EFFECT frontman Mikael Stanne weighed in on a debate about the variety of dangers A.I. (artificial intelligence) poses, ranging from the small to, potentially, the existential. Asked if it is scary that A.I. can surpass human capabilities in many domains, such as creativity and problem-solving, Mikael said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Yeah, it is, of course. Yeah, I like technology. I like new ideas. I like new progress. But also I was very hopeful. In my teens, when the Internet kind of started happening, I was, like, ‘This is the coolest thing ever. It’s gonna change the world just because finally we have access to all the information we need. So nobody has to believeanything anymore. We can just know because the information is there. It’s like the best library in the world that is open to everyone. And everybody …