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Post by dividavi on May 26, 2018 1:04:34 GMT
So who's right: Alphabet's Eric Schmidt or Elon Musk? Synopsis: Musk's doomsday vision of AI's threat to humanity: 'Elon is exactly wrong' (GOOGL)
: Alphabet's Eric Schmidt has shot down Elon Musk's doomsday vision of AI.
: Speaking at VivaTech in France, Schmidt said Musk "is wrong" because he "doesn't understand the benefits that this technology will provide to making every human being smarter."
: He added that Alexander Graham Bell did not let the potential drawbacks of the telephone get in the way of his invention.
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Post by shadrack on May 26, 2018 2:04:44 GMT
Speaking at VivaTech in France, Schmidt said Musk "is wrong" because he "doesn't understand the benefits that this technology will provide to making every human being smarter."
Stupid argument. Potential harm and potential benefit are not mutually exclusive. Take a knife, for example. It can be used to chop vegetables. It can ALSO be used to stab someone in the neck. One does not negate the other. Just because something is potentially beneficial does not mean it is not ALSO potentially harmful (or vice versa). |
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Post by dividavi on May 26, 2018 8:03:29 GMT
Speaking at VivaTech in France, Schmidt said Musk "is wrong" because he "doesn't understand the benefits that this technology will provide to making every human being smarter."
Stupid argument. Potential harm and potential benefit are not mutually exclusive. Take a knife, for example. It can be used to chop vegetables. It can ALSO be used to stab someone in the neck. One does not negate the other. Just because something is potentially beneficial does not mean it is not ALSO potentially harmful (or vice versa). I completely agree with you. The question is whether it's likely that the potential risks will outweigh the potential gain. An AI dictatorship could develop that is impossible to overthrow. Alternatively a human dictatorship could be established that uses AI to maintain itself indefinitely. What if Putin, Kim Jong Un or the Iranian Supreme Leader had AI systems that could predict with say 95% reliability which people are likely to commit crimes against the state? It wouldn't be as accurate in the system portrayed in Minority Report (with Tom Cruise) but it would be close. And would you trust a democratically elected leadership to properly administer an AI government? I wouldn't. |
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Post by Lugh on May 26, 2018 10:23:59 GMT
Unless humans become Superintelligent machines/cyborgs or suddenly become extremely efficency in genetic engineering or something then it's a concern.
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