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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Scientists warn AI super-intelligence on verge of 'destroying civilisation'
2020-02-27
[DAILYSTAR.CO.UK] Humans must be ready for signs of robotic super-intelligence but should have enough time to address them, a top computer scientist has warned.

Oren Etzioni, CEO of Allen Institute for AI, penned a recent paper titled: "How to know if artificial intelligence is about to destroy civilisation."

He wrote: "Could we wake up one morning dumbstruck that a super-powerful AI has emerged, with disastrous consequences?

"Books like Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom and Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark, as well as more recent articles, argue that malevolent super-intelligence is an existential risk for humanity.

"But one can speculate endlessly. It’s better to ask a more concrete, empirical question: What would alert us that super-intelligence is indeed around the corner?"

He likened warning signs to canaries in coal mines, which were used to detect carbon monoxide because they would collapse.

Posted by:Fred

#8  Show me some algorithms that can reliably detect irony or humor in a human voice or statement, and then maybe I'll start being afraid.

Keep it out of the Window ME review data set.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-02-27 21:55  

#7  INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MEANINGFUL ANSWER
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2020-02-27 17:22  

#6  Show me some algorithms that can reliably detect irony or humor in a human voice or statement, and then maybe I'll start being afraid.

AI can't even make the correct snap judgments that any five year-old can do. Not even close.
Posted by: Lex   2020-02-27 15:15  

#5  So the Wuhan corona virus was created by AI?
Posted by: Glenmore   2020-02-27 13:36  

#4  Great movie from the Seventies called "Colossus: The Forbin Project" is oddly prescient. I kept thinking Google when I watched it.
Posted by: Warthog   2020-02-27 10:08  

#3  Read "The Two Faces of Tomorrow" by James P. Hogan. Does a better job of thinking about it, and is a good story to boot.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2020-02-27 08:04  

#2  Napoleon is quoted as said 'Never interfere with an enemy while he's in the process of destroying himself.'

Go off and do some other computing. No need to bother yourself.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-02-27 07:45  

#1  And here I was worried about the Western "Elites" lack of intelligence.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-02-27 04:57  

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