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Really things might get scary when the DOD decides to direct some of its monstrous military budget at AI (which I'm sure its already doing).
by oldstrangers 11y ago
Really things might get scary when the DOD decides to direct some of its monstrous military budget at AI (which I'm sure its already doing).
- cybertronic 11y agoI really think an AI race between states will be inevitable
- maxerickson 11y agoDARPA provided much of the early funding for autonomous vehicle research. The "Grand Challenge"s and all that.
- slashcom 11y agoJust left a DARPA grant for an AI project. They've been one of the biggest AI funders for some time.
- DocSavage 11y agoIn addition to DARPA there's IARPA, which has the MICrONS project: http://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/research-programs/microns http://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/research-programs/microns
- unclebucknasty 11y agoWhy would you think that they are not already doing so?
- sciurus 11y agoThey've been doing that off and on for half a century. You may be interested in the history in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_winter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_winter