I'm going to take a dim/skeptical view of the true potency of advanced AI here.
If a hypothetical advanced AI comes up with, say, a design for a working, practical, economical, enviromentally friendly power source, will it really get anywhere? Or if it says one day that the "War on Drugs" in the US ought to be abandoned, and drugs decriminalized, and presents a clear and well-reasoned case, will that idea go anywhere? We already have intelligent *human beings* whose well-reasoned ideas get no traction in society at large. What makes you think that an AI is going to fare any better? On the other hand, if the AI is put to work on politically neutral tasks like solving grand-challenge math problems or formulating cheaper allergy pills then I guess that fits into a safe enough box. If the AI isn't plugged into politics I don't see it making any change to human civilization regardless of how smart it might be. ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&user_secret=7d7fb4d8
