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Physicists, philosophers, professors, authors, cognitive scientists, and many others have weighed in on edge.org's annual question 2015: What do you think about machines that think? See all 186 responses here
Also, what do you think?
My 2ยข: There's been a lot of focus on potential disasters that are almost certainly not going to happen. E.g. a robot uprising, or mass poverty through unemployment. Most manufacturers of artificial intelligence won't program their machines to seek self preservation at the expense of their human masters. It wouldn't sell. Secondly, if robots can one day produce almost everything we need, including more robots, with almost no human labour required, then robot-powered factories will become like libraries: relatively cheap to maintain, plentiful, and a public one will be set up in every town or suburb, for public use. If you think the big corporations wouldn't allow it, why do they allow public libraries?
(Score: 2) by mtrycz on Saturday January 24 2015, @09:55AM
Hey great!
Yeah, I'm somwhat proficient in AI techinques (optimization, machine learning, and some natural language processing), I just thought/assumed that the Singularity worshippers were people that actually do have an understanding of the topic, and that are actually into the research. I mean, when I hear Hawkings or Musk rambling, I'd assume they know what they're talking about.
Thanks for claryfing that, I feel much better now. Someone should point that to the waitbutwhy guy, too.
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(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Saturday January 24 2015, @10:48AM
If you hear Hawking ramble about physics, you can assume he knows what he is talking about. But AI is certainly not a physics subject, so there's no reason to assume that he knows more about it than you and me. Similarly I'd trust Musk to know something about business. But I see no reason to assume he has deeper knowledge about AI.
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