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I agree with the author. Googles new appointment setting functionality is pretty cool but what if it gains the ability to reason. It will be able to start writing novels and putting writers out of business. It could start negotiating treaties with foreign leaders and inadvertently cause world war 3. I’m just not sure that Google thought through all the possibilities before unleashing the ability to make haircut appoi…
I don't think there is a remote possibility of this happening in the near future (10-20 years). I work in one of the best deep learning research groups in the world. We were discussing this. And the first question one of my friends asked was- "so the Google assistant knows how to book appointments between 10 and 12pm". Meaning, if you change even a few conditions in the request which is not present in the training da…
I always wonder (seriously, not joking) if some computer will pass the Turing test because we are getting dumber and adapting to the way apps understand us instead of the reverse. Personally, I double check when I send text or voice instructions to bots.
We do, on the other hand, also have many fictional examples of how to abuse this kind of tech.
In the end, though, I think it's fair to assume that we have a number of decades before solutions become truly pressing.
I don't think there is a remote possibility of this happening in the near future (10-20 years). I work in one of the best deep learning research groups in the world. We were discussing this. And the first question one of my friends asked was- "so the Google assistant knows how to book appointments between 10 and 12pm". Meaning, if you change even a few conditions in the request which is not present in the training da…
> there is a risk of the AI manipulating us... I always wonder (seriously, not joking) if some computer will pass the Turing test because we are getting dumber and adapting to the way apps understand us instead of the reverse. Personally, I double check when I send text or voice instructions to bots.
What I am sure about is that the current AI will fail badly without the training data.
Combined with https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/robotics/artificial-inte... (the fake Obama video tool) it's going to be tough to verify that you're talking to the real consenting person vs a machine. Identity theft is going to get a lot more interesting...
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> there is a risk of the AI manipulating us... I always wonder (seriously, not joking) if some computer will pass the Turing test because we are getting dumber and adapting to the way apps understand us instead of the reverse. Personally, I double check when I send text or voice instructions to bots.
I am not saying there is no risk. What I am saying is it is nearly impossible with the machine learning/deep learning technology we have now (AI simply isn't smart enough). The training data Google obtained could be from Google voice calls by people which is available for free in the US (I am not sure about this). What I am sure about is that the current AI will fail badly without the training data.
We need to really cut down on the whole "we're doomed because of AI narrative". People watched too much "I Robot" and similar movies. There is a big gap between a staged demo and any strong AI, which doesn't exist yet. I remember demos of Microsoft/Skype doing translations in real time few years ago, or reproducing someone's voice. Where is that technology now? Nowhere, because it's one thing to stage a demo in perfe…
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