andreyf

20 ms·

211.
by andreyf 11y ago
Only skimmed it, but seems like my thoughts would be similar to manish_gill's above [1]: the assumptions are rooted in pop science fantasy. More specifically, there are an infinite number of reasons for and against doing anything. Once
212.
by andreyf 11y ago
Look at where we are now with ML, and ask what we would need to do to "accidentally" create HGI. That title's wording is clickbait, not an argument. Mathematicians know exactly why neural networks work – because they contain
213.
by andreyf 11y ago
Human-level General Intelligence.
214.
by andreyf 11y ago
I'm not saying that HGI is impossible, but that the "risk scenarios" are complete fiction. In our journey to achieving HGI, we must first achieve an understanding of HGI ethics, motivations, and behavior. This will change the
215.
by andreyf 11y ago
I think it will be obvious once HGI is sufficiently understood, in a way that will not need more than a paragraph, if that. The fear and idea of somehow creating an HGI without understanding how to control it came from The Terminator. It&#x
216.
by andreyf 11y ago
My second claim is not there to invalidate the first, but rather to point out that there are two "AI problems", and that one is a lot closer to science fiction than the other. I've expounded on the denial: we will need to fir
217.
by andreyf 11y ago
In short, because human intelligence evolved in a different environment than AI. We are the results of the need to survive and reproduce, and the majority of our "intelligence" is based on this foundation. Algorithms have no such
218.
by andreyf 11y ago
The possibility of human-level artificial intelligence poses significant risks to society [...] No. It simply does not outside of the realm of science fiction. Understanding HGI will help us understand enough about ourselves and our motiv
219.
by andreyf 11y ago
ISIS does not have access to many CS researchers nor server farms, as far as I am aware.
220.
by andreyf 11y ago
If only there was a system where we could somehow crowdsource deciding which comments are "really insightful" and which are not...
221.
by andreyf 11y ago
Oh, interesting. Not sure where I heard that... thank you for the correction!
222.
by andreyf 11y ago
maybe they're chirping at each other!
223.
by andreyf 11y ago
Nah. I'm pretty sure I could have figured out that zooming in makes things fuzzy, just like if you hold it close to your face it doesn't any detail to a photo, at age 7 or so. Photo restoration is more art than magic, assuming you
224.
by andreyf 11y ago
There's a very strong political will to "reform" torture by the CIA (i.e. stop it), just as there was when the police did it [1]. Racism, fraud, corruption have existed and will continue to exist, and will continue to be foug
225.
by andreyf 11y ago
> I don't necessarily blame these people or get angry with them. I blame CSI and other investigative shows where they "enhance" a blurry photo to 4k crystal-clear resolution and read the reflection off of a button of a guy
226.
by andreyf 11y ago
from the link: "SIPRNet and NIPRNet are referred to colloquially as sipper-net and nipper-net (or simply sipper and nipper), respectively"
227.
by andreyf 11y ago
Torture, racism, fraud, corruption: yes. Total lack of will to reform: no.
228.
by andreyf 11y ago
It's not ridiculous for someone else, but in the context of Bill Murray, it is, at least if his persona matches his actual personality. He exemplifies someone who doesn't plan and doesn't scheme, but just treats people well a
229.
by andreyf 11y ago
The last person I'm recalling this conversation with actually blocks Whatsapp / Facebook from getting her contact list, but trusts Microsoft and Google. I'm not sure how representative that is, but I wouldn't be surprise
230.
by andreyf 11y ago
Internet.org does not support TLS/HTTPS for most connections Source, please? EDIT: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/05/internetorg-not-neutra... EDIT2: this is from May. I wonder if anything has chan
231.
by andreyf 11y ago
I often wonder whether the relationships between brand-less factions in (and across) organizations has more of an impact than the official PR-heavy moves made under the institutional brand. Take, for example, the changes that have happened
232.
by andreyf 11y ago
The most important measure is how well he weaves his core principles stated here into how Facebook makes its money (the way Jobs did with Apple). More specifically, I worry that Internet.org is an advertiser-funded competitor to the user-fu
233.
by andreyf 11y ago
Experiment? This isn't science. They can ask any engineer what MITM with a non-trusted cert would do, and that's nothing.
234.
by andreyf 11y ago
Because he seems well above that. A little more concretely, because his personality is in many ways the opposite of the Machiavelli [1]. 1. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278262615...
235.
by andreyf 11y ago
This seems incredibly unlikely.
236.
by andreyf 11y ago
That's what regulators do: https://www.faa.gov/uas/
237.
by andreyf 11y ago
Non-technical people I've introduced to Signal on iOS stop at the "upload your contacts" stage and go "I don't want this random little company to have access to my contacts". These are non-technical people who
238.
by andreyf 11y ago
Imagining this in heavy Russian accent: "Security as good as veekest link. And veekest link... is kneecaps. Har har har."
239.
by andreyf 11y ago
Was that trusted root cert ever misused? IIRC, it was un-trusted because they did not do their due diligence on how an issued sub-cert was being used by an Egyptian company. What does the GitHub DDOS have to do with MITM attacks on https?
240.
by andreyf 11y ago
If Snowden works for the US, or did when he leaked, who does / did he report to? It certainly wasn't Clapper...

More ›