> On 16 Sep 2019, at 22:41, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List > <[email protected]> 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.
That is a bit unfair about the guy who defended the car made in hemp, assuming help as fuel, explaining already that the use of oil would perturb the atmosphere irreversibly. But I agree with you point, though. The real problem with AL is the same as with kids: we cannot predict whet they will don, especially if we give them universal goal, which we will, like with Rover or robots sent in space, they need a big autonomy, and the math shows that this makes their impredictibility even greater. The “AI” are like kids? If we don’t recognise them, they will become terrible children. Bruno > > Brent > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/a7a66ac7-bf3d-aff4-1483-ab30c11ebfaa%40verizon.net. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/C85E7065-7A3B-4F01-82F5-07A66D7CF2AA%40ulb.ac.be.
