Article  Here's how a war between AI and humanity would actually end (games)

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INTRO: New science-fiction movie The Creator imagines a future in which humanity is at war with artificial intelligence (AI). Hardly a novel concept for sci-fi, but the key difference here – as opposed to, say, The Terminator – is that it arrives at a time when the prospect is starting to feel more like science fact than fiction.

The last few months, for instance, have seen numerous warnings about the ‘existential threat’ posed by AI. For not only could it one day write this column better than I can (unlikely, I’m sure you’ll agree), but it could also lead to frightening developments in warfare – developments that could spiral out of control.

The most obvious concern is a future in which AI is used to autonomously operate weaponry in place of humans. Paul Scharre, author of Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, and vice president of the Center for a New American Security, cites the recent example of DARPA’s (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) AlphaDogfight challenge – an aerial simulator that pitted a human pilot against an AI.

“Not only did the AI crush the pilot 15 to zero,” says Scharre, “but it made moves that humans can’t make; specifically, very high-precision, split-second gunshots.” (MORE - details)
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