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posted by LaminatorX on Monday October 27 2014, @11:23AM   Printer-friendly
from the doctor-faustus dept.

Elon Musk was recently interviewed at an MIT Symposium. An audience asked his views on artificial intelligence (AI). Musk turned very serious, and urged extreme caution and national or international regulation to avoid "doing something stupid" he said.

"With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon", said Musk. "In all those stories where there's the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, it's like, 'Yeah, he's sure he can control the demon.' Doesn't work out."

Read the story and see the full interview here.

 
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  • (Score: 1) by WillAdams on Monday October 27 2014, @02:15PM

    by WillAdams (1424) on Monday October 27 2014, @02:15PM (#110516)

    but w/ profit as the motivation.

    Probably, it'll play out something like the first half of http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm [marshallbrain.com]

    As regards physical threats, if people are allowed to place firearms under remote control, they'll be dangerous until the ammunition runs out, or the power is cut: https://what-if.xkcd.com/5/ [xkcd.com]

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 27 2014, @02:28PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 27 2014, @02:28PM (#110522)

    First: Please don't start sentences in the title.

    Second: Your sentence started ion the title and continued at the beginning of the post is self contradictory. Either it's done with the best intentions, or it is done with profit as the motivation.

    • (Score: 2) by pnkwarhall on Monday October 27 2014, @04:27PM

      by pnkwarhall (4558) on Monday October 27 2014, @04:27PM (#110572)

      Profit-motive **is** "the best of intentions" to much of the world, particularly those in control of the economic engines.

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      • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday October 27 2014, @04:52PM

        by tangomargarine (667) on Monday October 27 2014, @04:52PM (#110584)

        "Much of the world" != top 5% or whatever who controls all the industry.

        I don't know how you can say "the best motivation is 'me'" with a straight face. Ayn Rand much?

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        • (Score: 2) by pnkwarhall on Monday October 27 2014, @11:57PM

          by pnkwarhall (4558) on Monday October 27 2014, @11:57PM (#110698)

          You seem to be stating that profit-motive* is not a, or the, primary goal ("intention") for the majority of the other 95% who don't control industry. While I do not believe that everyone's highest motive is for a Rand-ian "selfish interest", in my worldview it seems apparent that much of the corruption and evil come from individuals' selfishness at the expense of their neighbors -- and not just from those "at the top".

          I am not exempt from this sad truth, whether it be in my own family situation, or in my actions in the context of the wider communities I'm a part of. But I can recognize it, and try to instead act in brotherly love (sometimes at the expense of my own profit).

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          *financially or otherwise

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          • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Tuesday October 28 2014, @07:44AM

            by maxwell demon (1608) on Tuesday October 28 2014, @07:44AM (#110779) Journal

            Sure, most people have a profit motive. But few would consider it high intentions.

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            • (Score: 2) by pnkwarhall on Wednesday October 29 2014, @12:16AM

              by pnkwarhall (4558) on Wednesday October 29 2014, @12:16AM (#111017)

              Actions speak louder than words.

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        • (Score: 1) by takyon on Tuesday October 28 2014, @12:51AM

          by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Tuesday October 28 2014, @12:51AM (#110707) Journal

          Repeat after me: greed is good

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