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Hawking: AI could end human race
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#12The article references clever bot as an example, so as of right now, I'm not very worried.
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#13I'm tired of this fear mongering. There are hundreds of viruses that could end the human race. There are millions of rocks in space that could end the human race. There are people that could end the human race with push of a button. Human race could be history by the time I stop writing this rant. AI has a great potential and could help us prevent most of our existential threats. AI is not a god. It will not suddenly…
What's really irritating is that supposedly smart folks (Hawking, Musk) are really vocal about this doomsday crap and their fear CLEARLY comes from a place of ignorance as opposed to insight.
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#15There isn't a market for strong AI yet, anyway.
We don't want machines that think like humans. We want machines that can perform certain tasks with an error rate less than or equal to that of humans (adjusted for other economical factors like price of labour).
While strong AI is a great plot device for science fiction, it's still fiction.
Sure, there are attempts in academia to replicate human intelligence, but even those rarely attempt to replicate a cohesive whole.
We want AIs that can reason about real-world objects and consequences, yes, but there is no benefit in making them sentient. Self-driving cars don't have to be sentient. An AI can be largely autonomous without requiring sentience.
Obligatory XKCD What If?: https://what-if.xkcd.com/5/
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#16We fear what we don't understand, so I guess all those testimonials reflect their understanding of strong AI.
That's a fairly useless platitude. We fear plenty of things we understand.
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#17I'm tired of this fear mongering. There are hundreds of viruses that could end the human race. There are millions of rocks in space that could end the human race. There are people that could end the human race with push of a button. Human race could be history by the time I stop writing this rant. AI has a great potential and could help us prevent most of our existential threats. AI is not a god. It will not suddenly…
What's really irritating is that supposedly smart folks (Hawking, Musk) are really vocal about this doomsday crap and their fear CLEARLY comes from a place of ignorance as opposed to insight.
On what basis do you say their fear comes CLEARLY from ignorance?
Maybe it is your assurance that comes from ignorance and their fear from insight?
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#18It's interesting how people so smart in one field can be so ignorant in others, to the point of not being aware of their own ignorance. While science fiction and hollywood really love the idea of this magical moment where AI is created and becomes self aware and destroys us all, real AI is so far away that these concerns are laughable. It's just like all those dummies worrying the LHC would destroy the earth. It's fe…
How do you know it's far away? If I have to side with you or Musk (extremely intelligent engineer with insider knowledge of advancements), I'm siding with Musk.
Intelligence does not protect against stupidity, sadly.
I'm all for siding with Musk, but authority does not guarantee correctness.
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#19I'm tired of this fear mongering. There are hundreds of viruses that could end the human race. There are millions of rocks in space that could end the human race. There are people that could end the human race with push of a button. Human race could be history by the time I stop writing this rant. AI has a great potential and could help us prevent most of our existential threats. AI is not a god. It will not suddenly…
What's really irritating is that supposedly smart folks (Hawking, Musk) are really vocal about this doomsday crap and their fear CLEARLY comes from a place of ignorance as opposed to insight.
In other news an anonymous internet user claims hawkings and musk are ignorant based on speculation on a mostly theoretical subject
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#20Never really understood these people who worry about super-intelligent machines destroying mankind. I mean, couldn't we just unplug them?