On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 7:25 AM, Stephen Paul King < [email protected]> wrote:
> " "If humanity had been sane and had our act together globally, the > sensible course of action would be to postpone development of > superintelligence until we figured out how to do so safely. " > > Sanity is not a common property of crowds, we are not considering > "wisdom" but actual observer behaviors of humans in large groups. If we > define "wise" behavior that which does not generate higher entropy in its > environment, crows, more often than not, tend to not be wise. > > If an AI where to emerge from the interactions of many computers, would > it be expected to be "sane"? What is sanity anyway? > I would argue that sanity in the social sense is essentially a religious construct (even of zero-god religions). > > Another question is: Would AI have a view of the universe that can be > matched up with ours? If not, how would we expect it to "see the world" > that it interacts with? Our worlds and that of AI may be disjoint! > This ends up being explored in the movie Her (with which I was very pleasantly surprised). But I won't spoil it for those who haven't watched. Telmo. > > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 12:59 AM, Stephen Paul King <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Are our fears of AI running amuck and killing random persons based on >> unfounded assumptions? >> >> On Monday, August 25, 2014 3:20:24 PM UTC-4, cdemorsella wrote: >>> >>> AI is being developed and funded primarily by agencies such as DARPA, >>> NSA, DOD (plus MIC contractors). After all smart drones with independent >>> untended warfighting capabilities offer a significant military advantage to >>> the side that possesses them. This is a guarantee that the wrong kind of >>> super-intelligence will come out of the process... a super-intelligent >>> machine devoted to the killing of "enemy" human beings (+ opposing drones I >>> suppose as well) >>> >>> This does not bode well for a benign super-intelligence outcome does it? >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* meekerdb <[email protected]> >>> *To:* >>> *Sent:* Monday, August 25, 2014 12:04 PM >>> *Subject:* Re: AI Dooms Us >>> >>> Bostrom says, "If humanity had been sane and had our act together >>> globally, the sensible course of action would be to postpone development of >>> superintelligence until we figured out how to do so safely. And then maybe >>> wait another generation or two just to make sure that we hadn't overlooked >>> some flaw in our reasoning. And then do it -- and reap immense benefit. >>> Unfortunately, we do not have the ability to pause." >>> >>> But maybe he's forgotten the Dark Ages. I think ISIS is working hard to >>> produce a pause. >>> >>> Brent >>> >>> On 8/25/2014 10:27 AM >>> >>> Artificial Intelligence May Doom The Human Race Within A Century, >>> Oxford Professor >>> >>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/22/artificial- >>> intelligence-oxford_n_5689858.html?ir=Science >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Everything List" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/everything-list/YJeHJO5dNqQ/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > > Kindest Regards, > > Stephen Paul King > > Senior Researcher > > Mobile: (864) 567-3099 > > [email protected] > > http://www.provensecure.us/ > > > “This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of > the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain > information that is non-public, proprietary, privileged, confidential and > exempt from disclosure under applicable law or may be constituted as > attorney work product. 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