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Sunday, May 04, 2014

Transcendence Risks All Around

Stephen Hawking talks transcendence, the movie and AI laden concept of technological similarity.  Just how worried should we be?    " ... So, facing possible futures of incalculable benefits and risks, the experts are surely doing everything possible to ensure the best outcome, right? Wrong. If a superior alien civilisation sent us a message saying, "We'll arrive in a few decades," would we just reply, "OK, call us when you get here – we'll leave the lights on"? Probably not – but this is more or less what is happening with AI.  .... " .  

Also, interesting, links to groups that are thinking about the risks ... " .... as the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, the Future of Humanity Institute, the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, and the Future of Life Institute. ... " 

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