Chill, JARVIS, and listen to Ray Kurzweil. We can keep ADA from being a threat to humanity.

Chill, JARVIS, and listen to Ray Kurzweil. We can keep ADA from being a threat to humanity.
http://time.com/3641921/dont-fear-artificial-intelligence/

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  1. Kevin ShawDecember 19, 2014 at 6:37 PM

    Asimov's rules don't work

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  2. Indiana StefDecember 20, 2014 at 12:53 AM

    The crux of the article is.... AI is only as 'good' as it's programming... which is totally dependent on the intentions of those behind it... therefore since AI can be used for 'positive' tasks (ie medicine), have no fear... there are no lunatics out there, no military, no industrial-military complex... "go back to bed America, watch American Gladiators, go back to bed..." (B.H.)

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  3. Kevin ShawDecember 20, 2014 at 5:38 AM

    If you're creating purpose built AI to solve particular problems, then yes it is only as morally responsible as the behaviors it has learned to solve those problems. But what happens when an AI decides that killing 70% of the world's population and establishing eugenics is the way to defeat world hunger? And let's consider self awareness. I don't feel we can create a self aware AI in much the same way as we cannot create a soul.

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  4. B-dub 7ER4IAY8December 20, 2014 at 2:28 PM

    I agree with you until your last declaration. Since there isn't a "soul" there are plenty of real ways to simulate the brain and we are already piecing this together with our modern advances. Elon Musk wasn't lying when he was talking about the real and destabilizing power of AI.there could be a benefit to it, but that is as likely as our (human)  obsolescence being a consideration.

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