[VBL SC #6216] Binnenkort: #Befbekje..

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Professor Hawking- Whenever I teach AI, Machine Learning, or Intelligent Robotics, my class and I end up having what I call "The Terminator Conversation." My point in this conversation is that the dangers from AI are overblown by media and non-understanding news, and the real danger is the same danger in any complex, less-than-fully-understood code: edge case unpredictability. In my opinion, this is different from "dangerous AI" as most people perceive it, in that the software has no motives, no sentience, and no evil morality, and is merely (ruthlessly) trying to optimize a function that we ourselves wrote and designed. Your viewpoints (and Elon Musk's) are often presented by the media as a belief in "evil AI," though of course that's not what your signed letter says. Students that are aware of these reports challenge my view, and we always end up having a pretty enjoyable conversation. How would you represent your own beliefs to my class? Are our viewpoints reconcilable? Do you think my habit of discounting the layperson Terminator-style "evil AI" is naive? And finally, what morals do you think I should be reinforcing to my students interested in AI?

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You’re right: media often misrepresent what is actually said. The real risk with AI isn’t malice but competence. A superintelligent AI will be extremely good at accomplishing its goals, and if those goals aren’t aligned with ours, we’re in trouble. You’re probably not an evil ant-hater who steps on ants out of malice, but if you’re in charge of a hydroelectric green energy project and there’s an anthill in the region to be flooded, too bad for the ants. Let’s not place humanity in the position of those ants. Please encourage your students to think not only about how to create AI, but also about how to ensure its beneficial use.

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I'm rather late to the question-asking party, but I'll ask anyway and hope. Have you thought about the possibility of technological unemployment, where we develop automated processes that ultimately cause large unemployment by performing jobs faster and/or cheaper than people can perform them? Some compare this thought to the thoughts of the Luddites, whose revolt was caused in part by perceived technological unemployment over 100 years ago. In particular, do you foresee a world where people work less because so much work is automated? Do you think people will always either find work or manufacture more work to be done? Thank you for your time and your contributions. I’ve found research to be a largely social endeavor, and you've been an inspiration to so many.

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If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed. Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine-owners successfully lobby against wealth redistribution. So far, the trend seems to be toward the second option, with technology driving ever-increasing inequality.

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Op woensdag 14 maart 2018 11:56 schreef Drizzt_DoUrden het volgende:

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Op woensdag 14 maart 2018 11:59 schreef Jojoortje het volgende:

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Zeer goed. Verdomme zou dat elke dag wel kunnen eten.

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Op woensdag 14 maart 2018 11:59 schreef Elan het volgende:

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Gullit is ook wel een beetje een blaaskaak hoor, begrijp me niet verkeerd. Maar die man heeft natuurlijk wel alles meegemaakt zowel als speler als trainer. Kieft hoor ik graag, alleen jammer van die Mulder. Hij is ook degene die constant zijn mening aanpast. Kanonnenvoer voor Gullit en Kieft.

Vond wat Gullit zei over die persconferenties van het NL-elftal waar journalisten showtjes opvoeren in plaats van inhoudelijke vragen te stellen wel prima, goed dat Koeman dat gaat aanpakken.

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Op woensdag 14 maart 2018 12:01 schreef Drizzt_DoUrden het volgende:

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Eigenlijk alweer een week of drie niks meer mee gedaan. Had Morrowind uitgespeeld en wist niet zo goed wat ik daarna moest streamen. Zou Oblivion en Skyrim kunnen streamen, maar Oblivion ziet er kut uit (character en NPC's) en Skyrim heb ik al vaak gespeeld (al is het flink minder dan Oblivion).

Misschien komend weekend eens ETS2 streamen.