Can we build AI without losing control over it? | Sam Harris
Breezly
on August 4, 2020 195 views
Scared of superintelligent AI? You should be, says neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris -- and not just in some theoretical way. We're going to build superhuman machines, says Harris, but we haven't yet grappled with the problems associated with creating something that may treat us the way we treat ants.
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Taileater
Not sure if I can ever really take Sam Harris as serious. He has no concept of consciousness in my book, and how an AI system would work if it became "self aware".
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August 4, 2020
Breezly
I disagree with Sam Harris on a hell of a lot, but I think what he mentions here is undeniable. Artificial intelligence may never have consciousness, but the threat of ai advancing in intelligence beyond our control is still important to consider I think. That isn't to say this digital intelligence ... View More
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August 4, 2020 Edited
Breezly
Don't get me wrong, there's a lot to be gained. AI could send us hundreds or thousands of years into the future with advances, but we can't so quickly give it the benefit of the doubt and ignore what's at stake.
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August 4, 2020
ALX8721
Man, we ever get that AI category created? We def need an AI group!!! Very good conversations to be had within this topic!!
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August 10, 2020