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> Until a system can actively and continuously learn from its environment and update its beliefs it's not really "scary" AI. On the eve of the Manhattan Projec
by hackerlight 4y ago
> Until a system can actively and continuously learn from its environment and update its beliefs it's not really "scary" AI.
On the eve of the Manhattan Project, was it irrational to be weary of nuclear weapons (to those physicists who could see it coming)? Something doesn't have to be a reality now to be concerning. When people express concern about AI, they're extrapolating 5-10 years in the future. They're not talking about now.
- SirMaster 4y agoAnd yet, we invented nuclear weapons and yet we are all still here and fine. I’m sure plenty of people thought the advent of nuclear weapons spelled doomsday not to dissimilar to how people think AI spells doomsday. History only shows me that humans are adaptable and problem solving and have the perseverance to survive. Is there a historical counter point?
- hackerlight 4y agoDoomsday predictions will always be wrong in hindsight because if they were correct then you wouldn't be here to realize it. The near misses in the Cold War, where we almost accidentally got obliterated, show that the concern wasn't misplaced. If anything, the concern itself is the reason it didn't end badly.