If you missed it, get a copy of Transcendence with Johnny Depp. It's not just the robots we should be watching out for, or aliens. The film poses a lot of ethical questions about the power of AI combined with nano tech.
Jan At 10:03 AM 26/05/2014, Jim Birch wrote: >On Kim Holburn quoth: > > > > The robots are coming, and they are going to take millions of our jobs. > > >Or, as Stephen Hawking, wrote recently: > >âIf a superior alien civilization sent us a message saying, âWe'll arrive >in a few decades,â would we just reply, âOK, call us when you get here >we'll leave the lights onâ? Probably nnot, but this is more or less what is >happening with AI.â > >Jim >_______________________________________________ >Link mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [email protected] Sooner or later, I hate to break it to you, you're gonna die, so how do you fill in the space between here and there? It's yours. Seize your space. ~Margaret Atwood, writer _ __________________ _ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
