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It's not the first smarter than human AI that is the threat. It's the first self-improving AI that people have to worry about. It can start out at a much lower
by jpadkins 14y ago
It's not the first smarter than human AI that is the threat. It's the first self-improving AI that people have to worry about. It can start out at a much lower than human intelligence (whatever that means) but as long it can keep improving it could turn into the nightmare scenario.
The safeguards need to be built into the self improving AI, no matter how 'dumb' it starts out as.
- loup-vaillant 14y agoWell, any path that lead to superhuman intelligence is dangerous. Self-improving AI may be the likeliest, but it's not the only one. Think Upload, brain-computer interfaces, or computing overhang, for instance.