A threat posed by ADA.
A threat posed by ADA.
This article is over 14 years old, but relevant still.
Quote: It might be argued that the human race would never be foolish enough to hand over all the power to the machines. But we are suggesting neither that the human race would voluntarily turn power over to the machines nor that the machines would willfully seize power. What we do suggest is that the human race might easily permit itself to drift into a position of such dependence on the machines that it would have no practical choice but to accept all of the machines' decisions.
http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/joy.html
This article is over 14 years old, but relevant still.
Quote: It might be argued that the human race would never be foolish enough to hand over all the power to the machines. But we are suggesting neither that the human race would voluntarily turn power over to the machines nor that the machines would willfully seize power. What we do suggest is that the human race might easily permit itself to drift into a position of such dependence on the machines that it would have no practical choice but to accept all of the machines' decisions.
http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/joy.html
Very interesting.
ReplyDeleteRead the whole thing, I'd be interested in hearing the author's opinions now, 14 years later.
ReplyDeleteDanine Dolphin , you may find this entry from 2010 interesting then.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=4157
Quote: Apparently he gave an update of his views on this in his talk for TED
Thank you Jim Lai I'll be checking that out.
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