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.
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Monday October 27 2014, @06:43PM
Do be aware that people have already crossed this barrier. Think about the roving robot security patrols that are equipped with weapons that they can use when they decide to. I believe that the US Army has vetoed their use, but I have heard that some companies in Japan use them. And if they were in use in a secret installation, one wouldn't expect to hear about it.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.