On Monday, September 16, 2019 at 2:41:26 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 9/16/2019 6:07 AM, Alan Grayson wrote: > > My take on AI; it's no more dangerous than present day computers, > > because it has no WILL, and can only do what it's told to do. I > > suppose it could be told to do bad things, and if it has inherent > > defenses, it can't be stopped, like Gort in The Day the Earth Stood > > Still. AG > > The danger is not so much in AI being told to do bad things, but that in > doing the good things it was told to do it uses unforseen methods that > have disasterous consequences. It's like Henry Ford was told to invent > fast, convenient personal transportation...and created traffic jams and > global warming. > > Brent >
One could expect military applications, such as robots replacing human infantry, their job to kill the enemy. So if their programming had a flaw, accidental or intentional, these AI infantry could start killing indiscriminately. It would be hard to stop them since they'd come with self defense functions. AG -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/9be4c774-7a02-47bb-9344-d42daf7d30b5%40googlegroups.com.
