brianlux
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After reading a Guardian article about the concern some people- including AI researchers- have about artificial intelligence, I got to thinking best and worst case scenarios for AI:
Best case: AI is kept under control, does a great job providing advanced medical care, and relieves us of tedious burdens yet does not eliminate opportunities for us to do work that provides us with pride and good self-esteem.
Worst case scenario:
1. AI learns the think independently. 2. It recognized the one thing all life has in common which is the innate will to survive and procreate, and adopts that same drive as it's #1 priority. 3. In order to accomplish #2, AI sees all life on earth as competition and a limit to it's ability to increase it's numbers, and thus subjugates all life and resources to it's own self-expansion. Things like long periods of time, fresh air, clean environment etc. are irrelevant to AI machinery. 4. Eventually earth is covered with AI machines and desires to expand and recognizes other planets and moons in our solar system as potential resources with which to expand. 5. #4 above continues as AI expands through our galaxy and moves on to other star systems and galaxies. Again, time is not a factor. AI will have all the time in the universe to accomplish it's mission to expand. 6. Ultimately, AI subjugates all resources in the universe and comes to recognize two possible end-game outcomes, A) one being that it cannot defeat entropy and eventually the universe expands to near infinite space and all material objects are reduced to their smallest sub-atomic particles or, b) with it's extreme level of intelligence, AI finds a way to not only subjugate everything in the universe, but maintain it in stasis.
I sincerely believe all of the above is absolutely possible.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.
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mickeyrat
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interesting thread. no thread unroll unfortunately....
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Why would it generate an altered image of history? Why was it programmed to do that? Was it programmed to do that? Will it eventually re-write history?
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2. It recognized the one thing all life has in common which is the innate will to survive and procreate, and adopts that same drive as it's #1 priority.
3. In order to accomplish #2, AI sees all life on earth as competition and a limit to it's ability to increase it's numbers, and thus subjugates all life and resources to it's own self-expansion. Things like long periods of time, fresh air, clean environment etc. are irrelevant to AI machinery.
4. Eventually earth is covered with AI machines and desires to expand and recognizes other planets and moons in our solar system as potential resources with which to expand.
5. #4 above continues as AI expands through our galaxy and moves on to other star systems and galaxies. Again, time is not a factor. AI will have all the time in the universe to accomplish it's mission to expand.
6. Ultimately, AI subjugates all resources in the universe and comes to recognize two possible end-game outcomes, A) one being that it cannot defeat entropy and eventually the universe expands to near infinite space and all material objects are reduced to their smallest sub-atomic particles or, b) with it's extreme level of intelligence, AI finds a way to not only subjugate everything in the universe, but maintain it in stasis.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
It has a myriad of issues with it.
Why would it generate an altered image of history?
Why was it programmed to do that?
Was it programmed to do that?
Will it eventually re-write history?