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Elon Musk: "We are Summoning the Demon"

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

jimbrooking writes:

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 khallow on Monday October 27 2014, @11:20PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 27 2014, @11:20PM (#110691) Journal
    Out of curiosity, what makes this concern over future AI "hysteria"?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 28 2014, @04:30AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 28 2014, @04:30AM (#110752)

    > Out of curiosity, what makes this concern over future AI "hysteria"?

    Because it all presumes that an AI will somehow "escape" and become all powerful. That's hollywood bullshit. Anyone here should know that the way computers work in hollywood isn't the way they work in the real world. I like watching "Person of Interest" but I know its primarily fiction with a nice sprinkling of minor facts. Just like pretty much any other worthwhile hollywood production.

    • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Tuesday October 28 2014, @05:06AM

      by mhajicek (51) on Tuesday October 28 2014, @05:06AM (#110760)

      Look up the AI box experiment.

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      The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday October 28 2014, @03:50PM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday October 28 2014, @03:50PM (#110882) Journal

      Because it all presumes that an AI will somehow "escape" and become all powerful.

      Well, if the AI is a lot smarter than any of us, then that becomes a legitimate concern. We're not in an age where the power of intelligence ends at the tip of one's club.

    • (Score: 2) by DECbot on Tuesday October 28 2014, @11:29PM

      by DECbot (832) on Tuesday October 28 2014, @11:29PM (#111002) Journal

      I think we may need to fear when the AI that doesn't escape from its box. Humanity doesn't have a long history of doing good deeds. I doubt the AI's master will have the well being of anyone implanted into the coded. Controlled AI and near AI is likely to harm the masses more than help, and I bet that will be by design.

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      • (Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Wednesday October 29 2014, @02:41AM

        by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Wednesday October 29 2014, @02:41AM (#111043)

        I think we may need to fear when the AI that doesn't escape from its box. Humanity doesn't have a long history of doing good deeds. I doubt the AI's master will have the well being of anyone implanted into the coded. Controlled AI and near AI is likely to harm the masses more than help, and I bet that will be by design.

        Not to mention that there always seem to be security flaws in even the best designed systems, even if the master is benevolent what if...