Merged Artificial Intelligence

[Wudang]

PC Gamer

Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it

Workers should learn AI skills and companies should use it because it's a "cognitive amplifier," claims Satya Nadella.

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"We will quickly lose even the social permission to take something like energy, which is a scarce resource, and use it to generate these tokens, if these tokens are not improving health outcomes, education outcomes, public sector efficiency, private sector competitiveness, across all sectors, small and large, right?" said Nadella. "And that, to me, is ultimately the goal."

Someone posted the other day that if AI really worked it would be a trade secret rather than them selling it. Anyway, another variant on the theme of "AI is a wonderful solution. Will someone please find an appropriate problem?"

 

[Dr.Sid]

Internet was build on porn, and it's fine. TBF it also has other uses.

 

[arthwollipot]

Dr Steven Novella responds to a paper that predicts an AI explosion leading to the extinction of humanity, and in the process proposes a Three Laws of AI.

The AI 2027 Scenario - NeuroLogica Blog

A group of AI experts have released a paper that explores (or "predicts") the possibility of a near-term AI explosion that ultimately leads to the extinction of humanity. This has, of course, sparked a great deal of discussion, feedback, and criticism. Here is the scenario they lay out, in their...

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[theprestige]

Dr Steven Novella responds to a paper that predicts an AI explosion leading to the extinction of humanity, and in the process proposes a Three Laws of AI.

The AI 2027 Scenario - NeuroLogica Blog

A group of AI experts have released a paper that explores (or "predicts") the possibility of a near-term AI explosion that ultimately leads to the extinction of humanity. This has, of course, sparked a great deal of discussion, feedback, and criticism. Here is the scenario they lay out, in their...

theness.com

MFs talking like the singularity just occurred to them. Next they'll be warning us about Roko's Basilisk.

 

[Trebuchet]

PC Gamer

Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it

Workers should learn AI skills and companies should use it because it's a "cognitive amplifier," claims Satya Nadella.

www.pcgamer.com

Someone posted the other day that if AI really worked it would be a trade secret rather than them selling it. Anyway, another variant on the theme of "AI is a wonderful solution. Will someone please find an appropriate problem?"

That reads like it was written by AI!

 

[The Great Zaganza]

MFs talking like the singularity just occurred to them. Next they'll be warning us about Roko's Basilisk.

Information hazard spoiler please!
Now all our future avatars will get tortured for eternity.
Thanks a lot!

 

[Darat]

Dr Steven Novella responds to a paper that predicts an AI explosion leading to the extinction of humanity, and in the process proposes a Three Laws of AI.

The AI 2027 Scenario - NeuroLogica Blog

A group of AI experts have released a paper that explores (or "predicts") the possibility of a near-term AI explosion that ultimately leads to the extinction of humanity. This has, of course, sparked a great deal of discussion, feedback, and criticism. Here is the scenario they lay out, in their...

theness.com

I've read his thoughts on the paper he refers to and I'll read the paper itself later but my first thoughts are, pretty poor "hard" science fiction.