Whenever I start to worry about the rapid progress of artificial intelligence, I remind myself about Google’s community suggestions on G+. Then I don’t worry anymore.
Whenever I start to worry about the rapid progress of artificial intelligence, I remind myself about Google’s…
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You’re assuming that their competent AI researchers have anything to do with the G+ dev’s.
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It’s about robots rather than AI generally, but also relevant (and reinforcing your point): what-if.xkcd.com – Robot Apocalypse
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It’s uncomfortable to realize how vulnerable we are and how much we have to trust people we’ve never met. The AI fear pangs are likely just that distrust of others, and fear that more trusted people are falling behind in the field.
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There is a fundamental factor left out of much economics and sociology and political science, which is the importance of trust in experts and strangers. When that trust is either absent, abused, or both, a lot of things from the theory of how markets, democracy, etc. work, break down. I imagine what my opinion towards car repair would be if I could not find a car mechanic I trusted, and every time I went in for an oil change was told that I had to get my transmission replaced, or that new filters now cost $1,000. Most people do not trust experts now, and I think in most cases it’s not because they don’t think the experts are smart, it’s because they don’t think the experts have their best interests in mind. It’s a problem, not least because at least sometimes their suspicions are justified.
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