I know that this might be pressed upon someone like you all the time when you are as involved in the research of AI as you are. But I must ask and I must reiterate; we've all heard the stories, Hollywood has made millions off of it, but could the advent of AI ruin our society and ultimately the human race? The most recent publication I have read about the topic of AI and GNR (genetics, nanotechnology, robotics) technologies has made the cover story of last month's Wired. "Why the Future Doesn't Need Us," by Bill Joy, also a not so old headline here at Slashdot, brought up some good points. Those who are in power of the robots or AI would be nothing more than Big Brother was to Winston Smith. Robots as we already know are much better at doing what they do thatn humans. As AI advances, society will not be needed. Let me restate that; it's not that we won't need AI, AI won't need us. We will become so dependent on the machines, that turning them off when they "get out of hand" will be impossible. Therefore, slowly, the machines can just hold our neccessities over our heads. We will have no choice but to obey and then the master shall become the slave. But back to the power of others. If a select few, such as the inner party of Oceania, had full control over the AI, what would become of us, the outer party? Two choices come to mind; 1. The leaders who control the AI will no longer need the majority of society and will not want an uprising. Of course one would be imminent anyway because of the full control aspect of such a powerful thing as AI. The leaders would therefore want that threat gone and taken care of and so they must have the ultimatum to rid themselves of "the outer party." 2. If the leaders of the AI are a little more humane than what was stated above, they might make us live out our lives without working or without any worry of the outside world. Politics will no longer be a problem; democracy will be dead. Instead, the leaders will make us take up "hobbies" if you will, to fill our time and not become restless. Of course, there would always be the few who would not go quietly in the night and would have to go through some "correctional training." That would be the situation if there even was a leader or leaders of the machines. And AI is only one of the three soon to be downfalls of humanity. The Genome is almost done and privacy will no longer be existent. Nanotech could have the potential of destroying the planet. But as I lecture on, I ask you, do you consider these factors of creating AI and do you have any idea of how these events shall be "protected" from happening? I would be more than happy to hear of your response or some websites that could give me some information.
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I know that this might be pressed upon someone like you all the time when you are as involved in the research of AI as you are. But I must ask and I must reiterate; we've all heard the stories, Hollywood has made millions off of it, but could the advent of AI ruin our society and ultimately the human race? The most recent publication I have read about the topic of AI and GNR (genetics, nanotechnology, robotics) technologies has made the cover story of last month's Wired. "Why the Future Doesn't Need Us," by Bill Joy, also a not so old headline here at Slashdot, brought up some good points. Those who are in power of the robots or AI would be nothing more than Big Brother was to Winston Smith. Robots as we already know are much better at doing what they do thatn humans. As AI advances, society will not be needed. Let me restate that; it's not that we won't need AI, AI won't need us. We will become so dependent on the machines, that turning them off when they "get out of hand" will be impossible. Therefore, slowly, the machines can just hold our neccessities over our heads. We will have no choice but to obey and then the master shall become the slave. But back to the power of others. If a select few, such as the inner party of Oceania, had full control over the AI, what would become of us, the outer party? Two choices come to mind; 1. The leaders who control the AI will no longer need the majority of society and will not want an uprising. Of course one would be imminent anyway because of the full control aspect of such a powerful thing as AI. The leaders would therefore want that threat gone and taken care of and so they must have the ultimatum to rid themselves of "the outer party." 2. If the leaders of the AI are a little more humane than what was stated above, they might make us live out our lives without working or without any worry of the outside world. Politics will no longer be a problem; democracy will be dead. Instead, the leaders will make us take up "hobbies" if you will, to fill our time and not become restless. Of course, there would always be the few who would not go quietly in the night and would have to go through some "correctional training." That would be the situation if there even was a leader or leaders of the machines. And AI is only one of the three soon to be downfalls of humanity. The Genome is almost done and privacy will no longer be existent. Nanotech could have the potential of destroying the planet. But as I lecture on, I ask you, do you consider these factors of creating AI and do you have any idea of how these events shall be "protected" from happening? I would be more than happy to hear of your response or some websites that could give me some information.