Elon Musk Says AI Is the ‘Greatest Risk We Face as a Civilization’

Re:Elon Musk Says AI Is the ‘Greatest Risk We Face as a Civi... by je42 on Sunday July 16, 2017 @03:14AM (#14780936)

So that's why he is actually saying it. Think about the rest of the population. They have even less of a clue.

Obviously, AI is not right now in a state to be a thread. However, if you extrapolate - we are getting close to the singularity.

If you assign any probability greater than zero to that the singularity will happen in your lifetime, it is probably a good thing to start thinking about, how to deal with it.

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Re:Elon Musk Says AI Is the ‘Greatest Risk We Face as a Civi... by Animats on Sunday July 16, 2017 @03:18AM (#14780954)

I'm less worried about "the singularity" than companies where strategy is set by AIs optimizing for shareholder value with no other constraints.

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Re:Elon Musk Says AI Is the ‘Greatest Risk We Face as a Civi... by je42 on Sunday July 16, 2017 @04:26AM (#14781118)

yep. that's the shorter term issue.

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