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Re:Deep learning: a critical appraisal by goatlover on Saturday June 02, 2018 @11:11PM (#17217718)
The biggest concerns would be full scale automation, sophisticated manipulation, and handing over our decision making. Imagine government run by AIs who already know enough about the citizenry to not require a vote? Or better yet, manipulate the citizenry to vote for their own good, which would be whatever the AGI models determine is in our best interest. And then there's warfare.

But my reaction from a gut level is, what's the value of human life if machines do all the important stuff for us, while also surpassing us in creativity, insight and discovery?

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Re:Deep learning: a critical appraisal by YeGoblynQueenne on Sunday June 03, 2018 @05:11AM (#17218665)
>> But my reaction from a gut level is, what's the value of human life if machines do all the important stuff for us, while also surpassing us in creativity, insight and discovery?

But why would they? There is nothing inherent in the idea of AGI that says they absolutely have to.

This is again the fallacy of the Singulartiarians, that once you have a very powerful piece of technology, it will take over the world and oppress mankind. Why does that have to be the case? Well, it doesn't- and if it looks like it's how historically things have played out, with other technologies, then maybe the fault is not with the power of machines of all sorts but with the mismanagement that comes with greed and its excitement by useful technologies.

In any case there is still nothing that supports the equation AGI = human oppression, right out of the box.

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