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I always though our biggest existential threat were Nukes and other WMDs. AI could potentially become yet another existential threat (especially if mixed with W
by razzaj 12y ago
I always though our biggest existential threat were Nukes and other WMDs. AI could potentially become yet another existential threat (especially if mixed with WMDs).
I would not fret over computers using AI to "see" or "hear" or even learn how to walk. I would start worrying the day computers start formulating judgments, I could not find any research in that direction. Anyone knows if such research exists?
On a more personal note, i can't say i agree with some people picking on Elon for formulating this opinion. Especially that it does not sound so unreasonable, really.
- johansch 12y agoWell, there's: * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicarious_(Company) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicarious_(Company) * IBM's various initiatives led by http://researcher.watson.ibm.com/researcher/view.php?person=us-dmodha http://researcher.watson.ibm.com/researcher/view.php?person=... * Kurzweil is presumably doing something similar inside Google, as well.
- ganzuul 12y agoIBM's Synapse/True North chip optimizes interconnect, much like synapses do. It's interesting because it's actually a new silicon process, and already it's low-power. If it can be used to solve optimization problems, like logic minimization in a compiler, it might actually enable practical 'strong'-type AI. This is because IBM has essentially invented a practical hardware solution to NP-complete problems, where theoretical software solutions don't seem to exist.
- theoh 12y agoHe is not alone in this opinion- in fact he is affiliated with a Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. http://cser.org/ http://cser.org/ Judgement in AI falls, along with similar complex capabilities, into the relatively newly named category of artificial general intelligence, AGI.
- dllthomas 12y ago"I would start worrying the day computers start formulating judgments" "Judgement Day"?