Top myths and facts on why to be concerned about advanced AI
Adam Rifkin stashed this in Artificial Intelligence
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https://reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/5a0lz7/top_myths_and_facts_on_why_to_be_concerned_about/
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Although oversimplified, the infographic seems accurate.
Susan Calvin: [pointing to VIKI] "They link to our positronic operating core."
Detective Del Spooner: "Wow. Thermostat wasn't good enough. You went and gave the building a brain."
I, Robot; 2004
Point made. It's possible to go too far.
Reddit comment:
While nothing new, I think the following article by Tim Urban (author of the blog http://waitbutwhy.com/ ) might be worth a read.
He goes into detail about the many misconcetpions most of society have about this topic - though the article and its follow-up also delve much deeper than just that.
10:36 PM Oct 29 2016