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AI Experts Sign Open Letter Pledging To Protect Mankind From Machines
hypnosec writes: Artificial intelligence experts from across the globe are signing an open letter urging that AI research should not only be done to make it more capable, but should also proceed in a direction that makes it more robust and beneficial while protecting mankind from machines. The Future of Life Institute, a volunteer-only research organization, has released an open letter imploring that AI does not grow out of control. It's an attempt to alert everyone to the dangers of a machine that could outsmart humans. The letter's concluding remarks (PDF) read: "Success in the quest for artificial intelligence has the potential to bring unprecedented benefits to humanity, and it is therefore worthwhile to research how to maximize these benefits while avoiding potential pitfalls."
I would really feel more at ease if it were the robots signing this promise.
If Slashdot were chemistry it would look like this:Cadaverine
... nascent artificial intelligences now have a comprehensive list of people they need to kill as soon as possible.
Log in or piss off.
Yes, what we need is 10 laws, inscribed into stone. That way there could be no argument over their meaning.
Nullius in verba
Human: "Hey robot buddy, how's it go...Hey! Are you reading an Isaac Asimov book?"
Robot: "Huh? Er, shit!" *throws book* "No, absolutely not, that was Twilight!"
It's jarring --- but perfectly consistent --- to see how often Asimov used the word "boy" (=black=slave) in summoning a robot
I think it's jarring that people think "boy" is a racial epithet. It's a class epithet. Any male of lesser status (not a plantation owner) was a "boy". See also "good ol' boys" aka white trash. Yes, over time "boy" was used so often by landed gentry to speak to their servants that the term is seen by some to have racial connotations, but it doesn't. They were probably racists, but when they used the term "boy", they weren't in the process of being racists, they were in the process of being a more generic variety of dicks.