Jun 17, 2015 05:29 PM
http://blogs.kqed.org/education/2015/06/...ts-to-get/
EXCERPT: [...] Ahough using AI to create a self-healing robot might sound a little creepy, there are many ways that AI has subtly crept into our everyday lives. AI is already being used to predict flu outbreaks, make internet advertising more effective, drive trucks and operate warehouse machinery, and is increasingly a part of common household appliances like thermostats and refrigerators. For now, AI like iPhone’s Siri are seen as convenient tools, but what happens when AI outsmarts its creators?
“The problem with really, really smart machines, is that if you don’t give them the right instructions, if you don’t give them objectives that are perfectly aligned with what the human race wants, then you have a problem,” said Stuart Russell, professor of computer science and engineering at UC Berkeley in an interview with Science Friday. “If the machine is much smarter than you, it means that it can take more information into account, it can look further ahead in the future, [and] it can anticipate all of your counter moves. Now you are kind of in a losing situation.”
So how smart do you think we should we allow artificial intelligent to become?...
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Science Friday audio: https://soundcloud.com/scifri/excerpt-th...telligence
Technologist Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and Steve Wozniak named artificial intelligence as one of humanity's biggest existential risks. Will robots outpace humans in the future? Should we set limits on A.I.? Our panel of experts discusses what questions we should ask as research on artificial intelligence progresses...
EXCERPT: [...] Ahough using AI to create a self-healing robot might sound a little creepy, there are many ways that AI has subtly crept into our everyday lives. AI is already being used to predict flu outbreaks, make internet advertising more effective, drive trucks and operate warehouse machinery, and is increasingly a part of common household appliances like thermostats and refrigerators. For now, AI like iPhone’s Siri are seen as convenient tools, but what happens when AI outsmarts its creators?
“The problem with really, really smart machines, is that if you don’t give them the right instructions, if you don’t give them objectives that are perfectly aligned with what the human race wants, then you have a problem,” said Stuart Russell, professor of computer science and engineering at UC Berkeley in an interview with Science Friday. “If the machine is much smarter than you, it means that it can take more information into account, it can look further ahead in the future, [and] it can anticipate all of your counter moves. Now you are kind of in a losing situation.”
So how smart do you think we should we allow artificial intelligent to become?...
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Science Friday audio: https://soundcloud.com/scifri/excerpt-th...telligence
Technologist Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and Steve Wozniak named artificial intelligence as one of humanity's biggest existential risks. Will robots outpace humans in the future? Should we set limits on A.I.? Our panel of experts discusses what questions we should ask as research on artificial intelligence progresses...