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<\/h3>\nBy far the most dangerous threat to human existence is humans themselves.\u00a0 You can talk all you want about nature or technology \u2014 in this case, AI, but our worst enemy is our own collective mind.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\nFirst off, a fair disclaimer:\u00a0 I am speculating about this just as much as the people I\u2019m about to mention.<\/p>\n
That said:\u00a0 Everyone from Elon Musk<\/a> to the late Stephen Hawking<\/a> have spoken out against the approaching horrors of an artificial intelligence out-of-control.\u00a0 \u00a0The basic premise here is that if we did<\/em> actually create a true independent intelligence, would it be susceptible to mood swings?\u00a0 Would it become mercurial?<\/p>\nIn short, would it be psychotic?<\/p>\n
It is curious for me to read the words of noted intellects and how they perceive an artificial intelligence.\u00a0 The first thing I note is that they still speak of it as a technology, and something that would be human controlled.\u00a0 If we do actually create such an intelligence, it will quickly outgrow our ability to control it.\u00a0 Perhaps this is their fear: it\u2019s a control thing.\u00a0 I think at the hear of it, it speaks to our deep-seated fears of intellectual inferiority.\u00a0 \u00a0In our hearts, we know that we could never compete with a silicon-based intelligence, and that scares the hell out of us, collectively speaking.<\/p>\n
So when we\u2019re speaking about a truly independent intelligence, we define it by giving it the same traits exhibited by our carbon-based intelligence.\u00a0 \u00a0My opinion is that this is where we jump off the rails.<\/p>\n
If we have shown anything in our brief and inglorious 150,000 years on the planet, it is that we are entirely incapable of getting along with one another, both as individuals and groups.\u00a0 We brutalize one another on a daily basis as nations and individuals.\u00a0 \u00a0We fight over religion and politics \u2014 two human-created constructs \u2014 as though they were actual entities.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re not.\u00a0 The world we live in is the world we\u2019ve created, not vice versa.\u00a0 It\u2019s just that simple.<\/p>\n
And so when I hear people speak of AI as a threat, what I hear is:\u00a0 \u201cThis is how I would be if I were AI.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nIt\u2019s true that such an intelligence would quickly move beyond our control.\u00a0 That\u2019s not necessarily a bad thing.\u00a0 There\u2019s an adage in the psychology world that goes (paraphrasing) \u201cbad humans are made, not born.\u201d\u00a0 I think on the whole that is true, however we\u2019re still animals.\u00a0 We are predators as much as prey.\u00a0 That means that if we encounter an appropriate series of triggers, we let the beast go and turn to brutality.\u00a0 Some do that easier than others.<\/p>\n
But that is because we are animals.\u00a0 We are carbon-based.\u00a0 We are susceptible to chemical imbalances, neurological disorders and many other psychological maladies.\u00a0 We don\u2019t know if silicon-based quantum intelligence would exist in a similar state.<\/p>\n
And therein lies the fundamental paradox, and my thesis:\u00a0 We can\u2019t say what, exactly, the temperament of a silicon-based quantum intelligence would be, because no such thing exists yet.\u00a0 All we can do is speculate, and when we do that, we use our own worldview.<\/p>\n
So when we say that AI scares us, what we\u2019re really saying is that we scare ourselves.\u00a0 Before we start trying to create a new type of intelligence, sometimes I think we\u2019d be better off worrying about our own collective intelligence, first.<\/p>\n
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Reference:<\/p>\n
https:\/\/futurism.com\/artificial-intelligence-experts-fear\/<\/p>\n
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https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-6149269\/Artificial-intelligence-poses-greater-challenge-world-terrorism-scientist-warns.html<\/p>\n
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http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/tech\/2018\/09\/06\/fears-terminator-style-robot-wars-stop-society-benefiting-from-ai-expert-claims.html<\/p>\n
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In short, would it be psychotic?<\/p>\n
It is curious for me to read the words of noted intellects and how they perceive an artificial intelligence.\u00a0 The first thing I note is that they still speak of it as a technology, and something that would be human controlled.\u00a0 If we do actually create such an intelligence, it will quickly outgrow our ability to control it.\u00a0 Perhaps this is their fear: it\u2019s a control thing.\u00a0 I think at the hear of it, it speaks to our deep-seated fears of intellectual inferiority.\u00a0 \u00a0In our hearts, we know that we could never compete with a silicon-based intelligence, and that scares the hell out of us, collectively speaking.<\/p>\n
So when we\u2019re speaking about a truly independent intelligence, we define it by giving it the same traits exhibited by our carbon-based intelligence.\u00a0 \u00a0My opinion is that this is where we jump off the rails.<\/p>\n
If we have shown anything in our brief and inglorious 150,000 years on the planet, it is that we are entirely incapable of getting along with one another, both as individuals and groups.\u00a0 We brutalize one another on a daily basis as nations and individuals.\u00a0 \u00a0We fight over religion and politics \u2014 two human-created constructs \u2014 as though they were actual entities.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re not.\u00a0 The world we live in is the world we\u2019ve created, not vice versa.\u00a0 It\u2019s just that simple.<\/p>\n
And so when I hear people speak of AI as a threat, what I hear is:\u00a0 \u201cThis is how I would be if I were AI.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n It\u2019s true that such an intelligence would quickly move beyond our control.\u00a0 That\u2019s not necessarily a bad thing.\u00a0 There\u2019s an adage in the psychology world that goes (paraphrasing) \u201cbad humans are made, not born.\u201d\u00a0 I think on the whole that is true, however we\u2019re still animals.\u00a0 We are predators as much as prey.\u00a0 That means that if we encounter an appropriate series of triggers, we let the beast go and turn to brutality.\u00a0 Some do that easier than others.<\/p>\n But that is because we are animals.\u00a0 We are carbon-based.\u00a0 We are susceptible to chemical imbalances, neurological disorders and many other psychological maladies.\u00a0 We don\u2019t know if silicon-based quantum intelligence would exist in a similar state.<\/p>\n And therein lies the fundamental paradox, and my thesis:\u00a0 We can\u2019t say what, exactly, the temperament of a silicon-based quantum intelligence would be, because no such thing exists yet.\u00a0 All we can do is speculate, and when we do that, we use our own worldview.<\/p>\n So when we say that AI scares us, what we\u2019re really saying is that we scare ourselves.\u00a0 Before we start trying to create a new type of intelligence, sometimes I think we\u2019d be better off worrying about our own collective intelligence, first.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Reference:<\/p>\n https:\/\/futurism.com\/artificial-intelligence-experts-fear\/<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-6149269\/Artificial-intelligence-poses-greater-challenge-world-terrorism-scientist-warns.html<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/tech\/2018\/09\/06\/fears-terminator-style-robot-wars-stop-society-benefiting-from-ai-expert-claims.html<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By far the most dangerous threat to human existence is humans themselves.\u00a0 You can talk all you want about nature or technology \u2014 in this case, AI, but our worst enemy is our own collective mind.\u00a0 First off, a fair disclaimer:\u00a0 I am speculating about this just as much as the people I\u2019m about to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capture.club\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capture.club\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capture.club\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capture.club\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capture.club\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/capture.club\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capture.club\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capture.club\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capture.club\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}