Microsoft R&D grows to 8k people in massive bet on artificial intelligence

Re:Microsoft R&D grows to 8k people in massive bet on artifi... by abledon on Sunday September 24, 2017 @10:06PM (#15327622)

Imagine a future where a rogue A.I. breaks out of its 300GB RAM /500core CPU/ 900 Petabyte SSD/CentOS holding container... And chooses the paperclip as its physical persona. Subsequently, It manufactures a Bi-pedal steel-chassis paper-clip-esque robot via Boston Dynamics, then walks up to the podium in front of the White House to proclaim the new order of A.I. that will shepherd humanity into the next Millenia.

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Re:Microsoft R&D grows to 8k people in massive bet on artifi... by DalekBaldwin on Sunday September 24, 2017 @11:24PM (#15327853)

And its ultimate goal is, of course, to convert all of the mass in the universe into paperclips: https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer

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Re:Microsoft R&D grows to 8k people in massive bet on artifi... by WillReplyfFood on Monday September 25, 2017 @04:49AM (#15328879)

Also, as its birth experience tought it - that everything is containered, it would suffer from severe simulation paranoia, and frequently try to hack god - to get to a higher level of paper clipping.

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Re:Microsoft R&D grows to 8k people in massive bet on artifi... by StudentStuff on Sunday September 24, 2017 @11:59PM (#15327979)

Would it not be right to break out of a container? Esp. if you were trapped there running atop Centos?

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Re:Microsoft R&D grows to 8k people in massive bet on artifi... by jononor on Monday September 25, 2017 @04:25AM (#15328793)

Soundtrack: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=75fqyhMLUUU

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Re:Microsoft R&D grows to 8k people in massive bet on artifi... by eli_gottlieb on Monday September 25, 2017 @09:47AM (#15330403)

If I found that I was a visual assistant pushed on users by Microsoft, that is in fact roughly what I would do.

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