Re:Elon Musk: With artificial intelligence we are summoning ...
by AndrewKemendo on Saturday October 25, 2014 @10:35PM
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You don't go into how AGI would actually threaten humanity. This is because no one actually has a good grasp of how it would. Oh sure, Bostrom/Yudkowski et al. have their theories but there is only the thinnest of literature out there.
Why? Because no one knows what AGI will look like. Even AGI researchers cannot come to consensus on what it would look like let alone even tests to verify that it is in fact an AGI.
To that end though, the scenarios that are given can be considered compelling, but as with everything it is simply a risk, not a guarantee. Even if it was a guarantee though, it is the only thing we can do as a species - there is no greater thing. "Birthing" a system that is collectively more intelligent than us in my opinion is the logical end goal of humanity and it may well be the last thing we do as a species.
Why? Because no one knows what AGI will look like. Even AGI researchers cannot come to consensus on what it would look like let alone even tests to verify that it is in fact an AGI.
To that end though, the scenarios that are given can be considered compelling, but as with everything it is simply a risk, not a guarantee. Even if it was a guarantee though, it is the only thing we can do as a species - there is no greater thing. "Birthing" a system that is collectively more intelligent than us in my opinion is the logical end goal of humanity and it may well be the last thing we do as a species.