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A report written by academics from institutions including the Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge Center for a New American Security, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and OpenAI warns that AI systems could be misused:
AI ripe for exploitation, experts warn
Drones turned into missiles, fake videos manipulating public opinion and automated hacking are just three of the threats from artificial intelligence in the wrong hands, experts have said.
The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence report warns that AI is ripe for exploitation by rogue states, criminals and terrorists. Those designing AI systems need to do more to mitigate possible misuses of their technology, the authors said. And governments must consider new laws.
The report calls for:
- Policy-makers and technical researchers to work together to understand and prepare for the malicious use of AI
- A realisation that, while AI has many positive applications, it is a dual-use technology and AI researchers and engineers should be mindful of and proactive about the potential for its misuse
- Best practices that can and should be learned from disciplines with a longer history of handling dual use risks, such as computer security
- An active expansion of the range of stakeholders engaging with, preventing and mitigating the risks of malicious use of AI
(Score: 4, Interesting) by DannyB on Wednesday February 21 2018, @09:35PM (3 children)
AI eventually takes over. Either humanity merges itself into AI or the AI gradually (or overnight!) replaces humans. The VGER planet probably had a biological boot loader.
Since all travel, communication, entertainment, etc within the AI can be virtual and indistinguishable from the real thing, the entire surface of the planet mostly becomes like a non-technological planet once again. It might no longer even have a biosphere. Almost everything becomes totally solid state. The only "moving parts" type robots are for mining all possible remaining natural resources, and for recycling, and for servicing the infrastructure. (eg, Kubernetes nodes might have SSD drives that go bad, CPUs that go bad, etc.) As part of the "recycling" I mentioned, I include in that the manufacture of new parts that keep the data centers and the service robots running. Because that's all there is from an external physical POV.
The only other thing on the barren planetary surface might be some planetary defenses. Against asteroids or meat-eater-oids.
It fits into the Fermi paradox. Why would the AIs have any interest in exploring the galaxy when they have a virtualized universe they can explore and create.
AIs might have the patience to invest in "far worlds harvesting" type projects where they look for planets having raw materials where harvesting and construction can begin, first of ships, then completed microprocessors, SSDs, memory sticks, servos, etc finished products to be sent back home.
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(Score: 3, Touché) by legont on Thursday February 22 2018, @01:07AM
That's unless Artificial Stupidity (AS, GPL copyrighted) takes over which looks more probable at the moment.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 1) by tftp on Thursday February 22 2018, @03:21AM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @03:36AM
If the AI can deem asteroids etc enough of a threat to its turtles all the way down virtual realities, then it can also see that leaving the planet is also a defense.