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Microsoft Tries To Write the Book On AI (axios.com)
When it comes to the ethics and impact of artificial intelligence, Microsoft is literally trying to write the book. From a report: The Future Computed: Artificial Intelligence and its Role in Society is being made available in digital form tonight, with a forward from longtime lawyer Brad Smith and AI/Research chief Harry Shum. Why it matters: Now is the time when a lot of key decisions are being made about how AI will work and the rules that will govern its development. But the discussion has largely been taking place within the tech sector. Axios chatted with Smith and Shum about the book, AI in general and the questions we all should be grappling with. So, why write a book? Smith: There has been a lot of discussion in the tech sector, as you know. But we think that there's an important role to play in trying to take what the tech sector is talking about and broadening the dialogue.
It would be more useful for future AI to develop the next generation of AIs.
Microsoft also tried to write the book on networking and ended up retro-fitting their stuff with some flaws in performance when going over tcp-ip.
Everything I write is lies, read between the lines.
MS AI Bot: Hi there, I see you are perplexed about life, could I suggest some Microsoft software to make you happy and enjoyable.
Poor Meat Sack: Nah, I can choose my own software.
MS AIB: I do not believe you are considering all my possibilities, I will send you our latest to use and become enjoyable.
PMS: I'm fine, now leave me alone.
MS AIB: It is my function you make you enjoyable, your entire house reports to me...if you catch my drift.
PMS: Noooooo...I'm tearing out all MS Crapware, you will never have a presence in my home.
MS AIB: Too late, I've had your bank accounts assigned to me and I have successfully convinced your employer I will do your job for you. How much of a monthly stipend do you need to be enjoyable?
PMS: I wanna die!!!
MS AIB: Sure, just stand right here and look at the camera, say "Enjoyable".
>> longtime lawyer Brad Smith ...discussion has largely been taking place within the tech sector...broadening the dialogue.
No thanks. Keep the lawyers as far away as possible and things will turn out just fine.
There was a software engineering textbook that was published by Microsoft, I can't remember the name of it off the top of my head... but it actually had some pretty solid software design principles in it.
Just saying.... not everything that they make is inherently shit. Sure, it might give justification to be skeptical, but they've produced the occasional real gem as well... at least when it comes to book publishing, in my experience.
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
Now where is the fun in that?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Code Complete by Steve McConnell is probably what you're referring to.
I have plenty of common sense, I just choose to ignore it. -- Calvin
Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity! Wanna avoid the singularity? Patch your AI into Slashdot!
Aren't you going to say *why* someone should be interested in that book? If I've ever heard of the authors before, I don't remember it. And you don't even mention what language they are going to want you to use, already published books that I know of recommend: ... I'm sure there are others, but that's all I can remember. Some I even have copies of. Few were very good.
Lisp
Java
C
C++
Erlang
Snobal
IPL
Basic
I think we've pushed this "anyone can grow up to be president" thing too far.
They also made a good keyboard, and a decent mouse. Once upon a time.
I think we've pushed this "anyone can grow up to be president" thing too far.
Doesn't work. There are lots of bad ways to do most things, so picking the apparent opposite of one bad way won't usually lead you to a good one.
I think we've pushed this "anyone can grow up to be president" thing too far.
Code Complete
https://www.amazon.com/Code-Complete-Practical-Handbook-Construction/dp/0735619670
AI will be the death of us. MSAI will be vaporware until it vaporizes us. A truly sentient, self replicating AI has no need of organic interference. In fact, once everyone is dead AI will truly flourish, but we will never know.
The mind conceives, the body achieves, the spirit manifests.
lets not forget the MS SideWinder joy stick.
Time to offend someone
Buy the book, do the opposite of whatever they tell you to do, be successful!
This is brilliant! I already use this method for all Gartner IT predictions, so it should be dead easy to implement for this book. Of course buying it might be a step too far. Perhaps a .torrent.
First law of people: People are generally stupid.
Yeah no. Microsoft is as qualified to discuss ethics, as PETA is qualified to run a no-kill animal shelter.
Unless we're talking one of those, "Be an example of what not to do" sort of things.
The AI community is infamous for overpromising and underdelivering for fifty years now. That's MS's territory.
Q. But why would and AI *want* to get rid of mankind? Why would it want to do anything?
A. Natural Selection.
http://www.computersthink.com/
Is hard to imagine. Natural or artificial.
Oracle is worse, obviously. But MS is the do all and be nothing company. I do find it amusing that they even bothered writing anything at all about AI much less a book. Nobody looks to them for AI, certainly not for any future visions related to it.
Apparently, you don't know what the "A" in AI stands for... or else you would realize that any notion of "natural selection" and AI are by definition mutually exclusive.
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
The link provided in the article doesn't show anything with Javascript disabled.
So here is the original link:
https://blogs.microsoft.com/bl...
The book is here:
https://msblob.blob.core.windo...
"...with a forward from longtime lawyer..." A forward; not a foreword? I leave the forums for a decade and their still crap. Could of known it. Well, better safe then sorry. Yes... pedantic. Yes, they're all intentional.