I wrote a piece in the late `70s , while in grad school in visual psychophysics , and learned APL to understand pattern discrimination and associative memory , the beginnings of AI .
It's main point was that we have different ` diets . We're carbon based ; ` they are silicon & metal and various inorganics . So we're likely to remain synergistic rather than competitive .
Furthermore , with their current structure they will never be ` conscious . However , what limitations if any that may impose on their abilities remains to be seen .
So as long as we don’t program AI to replicate and spread itself (inducing a process of natural selection), maybe we are in the clear? That doesn’t make me feel better, considering people have been creating computer viruses for decades. Imagine an AI power computer virus designed to cause harm .
Look at the development that occurred in AIRCRAFT alone during WW1 and WW11 .
It was amazingly rapid and continues today !
Every "INVENTION" is maximised by "THE MILITARY" for warfare purposes.
Look at COMPUTERS !..................AI and ROBOTICS will be no different.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS were domesticated and provide us with NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS to produce ABUNDANT , CHEAP , RELIABLE ELECTRICITY ....and they do in many countries .....but their first application was by THE MILITARY .[ and , thankfully , it saved a lot of allied lives ! ].
INDUSTRY will innovate any invention and use it to improve products and production.
ROBOTS could replace humans in many dangerous situations . AI could be incorporated
into the robots and produce autonomous machines.....and literally REPLACE human beings.
PERHAPS the displaced humans could then use their time pursuing leisure and activities that give them pleasure and fulfillment !?? OR maybe not ! We sure as hell live in interesting times !
I wrote a piece in the late `70s , while in grad school in visual psychophysics , and learned APL to understand pattern discrimination and associative memory , the beginnings of AI .
It's main point was that we have different ` diets . We're carbon based ; ` they are silicon & metal and various inorganics . So we're likely to remain synergistic rather than competitive .
Furthermore , with their current structure they will never be ` conscious . However , what limitations if any that may impose on their abilities remains to be seen .
Well, I certainly hope so. We simply have to have some relief.
So as long as we don’t program AI to replicate and spread itself (inducing a process of natural selection), maybe we are in the clear? That doesn’t make me feel better, considering people have been creating computer viruses for decades. Imagine an AI power computer virus designed to cause harm .
Look at the development that occurred in AIRCRAFT alone during WW1 and WW11 .
It was amazingly rapid and continues today !
Every "INVENTION" is maximised by "THE MILITARY" for warfare purposes.
Look at COMPUTERS !..................AI and ROBOTICS will be no different.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS were domesticated and provide us with NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS to produce ABUNDANT , CHEAP , RELIABLE ELECTRICITY ....and they do in many countries .....but their first application was by THE MILITARY .[ and , thankfully , it saved a lot of allied lives ! ].
INDUSTRY will innovate any invention and use it to improve products and production.
ROBOTS could replace humans in many dangerous situations . AI could be incorporated
into the robots and produce autonomous machines.....and literally REPLACE human beings.
PERHAPS the displaced humans could then use their time pursuing leisure and activities that give them pleasure and fulfillment !?? OR maybe not ! We sure as hell live in interesting times !