Re:Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated?
by adventured on Monday July 31, 2017 @08:47PM
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The should part of the title is kind of silly at this point.
There's no scenario where AI isn't regulated, across all of the developed world, within ~20 years.
Ignoring the commonly understood, well-discussed threats AI may pose. Just the fact that it's an extreme threat to political power, that alone will be enough to spur politicians to aggressive regulatory action. There's also no scenario where we make it another decade without the political power of AI being flexed in a way that scares the shit out of politicians. AI has the potential to be a direct competitor to traditional political power, including politicians themselves. Think the Russian-US political games have been terrifying/interesting/threatening/messy? What AI is going to be able to do in the political landscape, very soon, is several levels up from that. They'll jump to regulation very quickly accordingly. It's not 30 years out either, the first hints of this will be within five years or so.
There's no scenario where AI isn't regulated, across all of the developed world, within ~20 years.
Ignoring the commonly understood, well-discussed threats AI may pose. Just the fact that it's an extreme threat to political power, that alone will be enough to spur politicians to aggressive regulatory action. There's also no scenario where we make it another decade without the political power of AI being flexed in a way that scares the shit out of politicians. AI has the potential to be a direct competitor to traditional political power, including politicians themselves. Think the Russian-US political games have been terrifying/interesting/threatening/messy? What AI is going to be able to do in the political landscape, very soon, is several levels up from that. They'll jump to regulation very quickly accordingly. It's not 30 years out either, the first hints of this will be within five years or so.