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TygrBright

(20,755 posts)
37. Crappy headline. Their concern has nothing to do with "robots."
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 02:08 PM
Jan 2015

AI is about operating systems for all types of technology, and the concerns relate to the level of dependence we've already achieved on technology working according to design that reflects benign human intent.

AI detaches operation from "benign human intent," and puts it in the realm of pure logic, which virtually assures unintended consequences, some of which could be catastrophic.

Portraying it as a specfic thriller full of CGI robots obscures the real issues at stake.

wearily,
Bright

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