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Stephen Hawking On Genetic Engineering vs. AI
Pointing to this story on Ananova, bl968 writes: "Stephen Hawking the noted physicist has suggested using genetic engineering and biomechanical interfaces to computers in order to make possible a direct connection between brain and computers, 'so that artificial brains contribute to human intelligence rather than opposing it.' His idea is that with artificial intelligence and computers, which increase their performance every 18 months, we face the real possibility of the enslavement of the human race." garren_bagley adds this link to a similar story on Yahoo!, unfortunately just as short. Hawking certainly is in a position shared by few to talk about the intersection of human intellect and technology.
I can just imagine one day hearing that sinister, yet all-to-familiar voice inside my head...
How are you Gentlemen...
All your brains are belong to us...
Hahaha!
Come to think of it, the voice kinda sounds like Stephen Hawking! You don't think...
You're using her as bait, Master!
Ah! someone gets it strait! Computers are still high speed idiots. The moores law only makes faster speeding idiots. As long as the science of AI doesn't truly surmount the barriers of creativity and self-awareness, computers will only be tools that complement and enhance our usefullness. We need to create an IA that not only meets the Turing test but exceeds it. Some form of 'beeing' that asks questions about its own existence like any other human started dooing at the age of 5. Anything else is just fraud.