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Nightmare Machine by MIT Media Lab

45 points by the_black_hand 10y ago

n1000 10y ago
Yeah right. Just teach skynet how to scare humans...
- iagooar 10y ago
  I see your point there. We shouldn't be investing ANY time at all in developing AI that is meant to hurt people or have a negative impact on the way people feel.
  - azeirah 10y ago
    Should we be investing any time at all in developing AI that is meant to make people happy or have a positive impact on the way people feel? Have you seen the movie "enter the void"? Would your opinion on this change after watching that movie?
  - ethbro 10y ago
    If we don't invent a nightmare machine then the Soviets surely will, and then where will we be?! A nightmare gap, that's where! My opinion is we need to invest more funding in nightmare-generation research before it's too late.
  - icebraining 10y ago
    People enjoy horror stories, films, games, etc. Is that having a negative or positive impact?
- throwanem 10y ago
  Pretty sure any superhuman AGI that decides to scare humans can figure out how, whether by direct experiment or by, you know, reading stuff on the Internet. Training a neural net doesn't strike me as much of an increase in that risk, assuming you think that's a risk.
- n1000 10y ago
  Err - my comment was more of a joke. What a difference a ;) can make...
phmagic 10y ago
I wonder if other animals find gore and distorted faces horrifying.
ultim8k 10y ago
Is it a Windows machine?
- deleted 10y ago
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pmyjavec 10y ago
AI, "The Boogeyman" man of our time.
throwmenow_0139 10y ago
This reminds me of a new Blackmirror episode called "Playtest" where an AI tries to find a way to scare a game tester. I think this could help to dynamically create the required assets and support game developers, although I'm not sure if I want to live in a world where this has any priority whatsoever.
marchenko 10y ago
Who asked for this? This really seems antithetical to AI/human goal alignment.
- johnhenry 10y ago
  Can you please elaborate further on "AI/human goal alignment"?
- esrauch 10y ago
  Humans make art like this, would you say those people are working against "human goals"?
nabla9 10y ago
On behalf of Saito Game Team, I most humbly apologize. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12765022 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12765022

n1000 10y ago

Yeah right. Just teach skynet how to scare humans...

iagooar 10y ago
I see your point there. We shouldn't be investing ANY time at all in developing AI that is meant to hurt people or have a negative impact on the way people feel.
- azeirah 10y ago
  Should we be investing any time at all in developing AI that is meant to make people happy or have a positive impact on the way people feel? Have you seen the movie "enter the void"? Would your opinion on this change after watching that movie?
- ethbro 10y ago
  If we don't invent a nightmare machine then the Soviets surely will, and then where will we be?! A nightmare gap, that's where! My opinion is we need to invest more funding in nightmare-generation research before it's too late.
- icebraining 10y ago
  People enjoy horror stories, films, games, etc. Is that having a negative or positive impact?
throwanem 10y ago
Pretty sure any superhuman AGI that decides to scare humans can figure out how, whether by direct experiment or by, you know, reading stuff on the Internet. Training a neural net doesn't strike me as much of an increase in that risk, assuming you think that's a risk.
n1000 10y ago
Err - my comment was more of a joke. What a difference a ;) can make...

phmagic 10y ago

I wonder if other animals find gore and distorted faces horrifying.

ultim8k 10y ago

Is it a Windows machine?

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pmyjavec 10y ago

AI, "The Boogeyman" man of our time.

throwmenow_0139 10y ago

This reminds me of a new Blackmirror episode called "Playtest" where an AI tries to find a way to scare a game tester. I think this could help to dynamically create the required assets and support game developers, although I'm not sure if I want to live in a world where this has any priority whatsoever.

marchenko 10y ago

Who asked for this? This really seems antithetical to AI/human goal alignment.

johnhenry 10y ago
Can you please elaborate further on "AI/human goal alignment"?
esrauch 10y ago
Humans make art like this, would you say those people are working against "human goals"?

nabla9 10y ago

On behalf of Saito Game Team, I most humbly apologize. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12765022 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12765022