Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) Turn on its Creator?
@pgiblett (6524)
Canada
January 18, 2016 9:00am CST
There is widespread fear that one man creates a super intelligent computer, an artificial intelligence then that AI will turn around and wipe out mankind in building their own machine culture.
Will this happen? Or is this simply a case of fear-warmongering by people who don't understand the technology?
According to Elon Musk Artificial Intelligence is "potentially more dangerous than nukes". Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak asks "If we build these devices to take care of everything for us, eventually they'll think faster than us and they'll get rid of the slow humans to run companies more efficiently." Are software companies and venture capitalists courting disaster by helping to set-up such super intelligence or is it something that will always be contained inside a box? Will man still have the power to pull out the plug?
What do you think MyLotters?
Is the creation of AI the greatest achievement of humankind or the opening prelude to its downfall? Some say there can only be one intelligent species on any planet and that an artificial intelligence represents the end of the road for an intelligent biolo
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
22 Jan 16
@whiteream Thank you. And did you know by doing this I had a jump in readership on my Wikinut article?
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
22 Jan 16
@pgiblett you start a great discussion.
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@1hopefulman (45121)
• Canada
18 Jan 16
Did you see the movie Ex Machina? We make the robots and we program them and so unless it is an accident, they will not destroy us. We don't need any help, we can do it all by ourselves, if we were allowed.
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
19 Jan 16
@kishoreawadhesh That is the thing about fiction, it is possible to describe anything that can be imagined, fiction is not limited to the earthly plane, reality is and that is a big difference.
@GopherDanny (814)
• Philippines
19 Jan 16
I think there is a possibility if the creator intends to program the A.I. system to become self-evolving, destructive, and such without a code that can force shut down the system. With the rapid advancing of technology in our time, everything is technologically possible, so why not? As a Software Engineer, I can say though that it will be very hard to pull through with such system and can take decades to program, so i'm not worried right now. Ha ha, kudos~! 
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
19 Jan 16
As a former Systems Architect I am not worried about such a scenario occurring at all. The majority of systems are simply not designed that way. Yes they will be smart enough to win the Turing prize very soon, but that is a long way from having the ability to break free and become a threat to mankind.
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
19 Jan 16
@GopherDanny As we know Hollywood always wants to be controversial.
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@GopherDanny (814)
• Philippines
19 Jan 16
@pgiblett Ha ha, true. They are mere fantasies now, and puts quite a stir because of all the movies portraying the power of A.I. robots. But oh well, it might not happen even. Kudos~!
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
20 Jan 16
But many of the comments and fears expressed were from technologists and innovators in that business.
@whiteream (8567)
• United States
22 Jan 16
What is science fiction today becomes science fact tomorrow.
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@cherriefic (10400)
• Philippines
18 Jan 16
I don't think it can happen. Unless the machine can update itself. It can be like mutation. Then it could be a possibility.
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
22 Jan 16
@whiteream But this is where precisely the danger lies, computers may break those limits and where is the control to stop them?
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
22 Jan 16
@pgiblett That is the thing if they could keep it under control?
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
23 Jan 16
I think they would see humans as a virus and superfluous to needs quite quickly
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
24 Jan 16
@pgiblett the danger is that an AI will be able to outsmart the safeguards or if they are also using AI. collaborate with them
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
24 Jan 16
@arthurchappell That is one possibility, but to my mind safeguards must be tamper proof (even from evil human hands).
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@GreatMartin (23675)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
19 Jan 16
Heck I am still to busy trying to figure out people to even start thinking of AI--but watch out for that waiter robot serving you.
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
22 Jan 16
It a very interesting question. I do believe that anything is possible and if you think about this is could happen. There have been many books and movies on this subject as well.
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
22 Jan 16
@pgiblett That is true but at the same time I do still think that it could happen if limits are not set for such things.
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@Tierkreisze (1609)
• Philippines
28 Jan 16
I don't think so. But then, when machines do everything for us, don't you think that the programmers and developers would be the most powerful people on earth? They can instruct them to do their bidding. Like, taking over the world.
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
28 Jan 16
The world under the mad programmer! As a former coder and knowing many others who are still in the business the majority do not think that way, but you never know...
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
27 Jan 16
I think the main thing being forgotten is that machines are not people. They don't think like people. We tend to get fearful and think of war as the only option. If a computer had AI, I sincerely doubt that they would want to wipe out people. They might get annoyed that we do everything in such complicated ways, but it would be a reverse programming project in the worst case, where they try to debug our subroutines (by suggesting ways for us to improve our society) rather than wiping us out.
@Bestviews (40)
• Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
25 Jan 16
@PETER...i dont believe AI wiil turn against its creator...
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