[–] hrdtak 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
I think the risks of AI are really overblown. AI is like an illusion, it looks like magic to someone who doesn't know what is going on behind the scenes, but when you look behind the curtain you realize that it is just a machine that is incredibly efficient at following instructions and doing specific tasks. We are still a long way off from developing machines that think and learn the same as a human.
There is no stopping the evolution of our technology towards robots and automation.
Eventually the destructive potential of technology is going to make nukes look like bows and arrows. Imagine swarms of self-replicating nanobots that get out of a lab and destroy organic matter. Intentionally destructive robots, or a software bug causing potentially destructive robots to malfunction, these seem like much greater risks to me.
It depends, the day that AI has transcends the abilities of mankind is still far-fetched. Currently, and as this blog (It's Time to Make Way for Smart Robots in Your Industry) states, AI's impact can be seen on the workforce, especially work or duties that can be automated. What we need to do in order to cope with this is develop skills that are far from being automated, at least for now.
God, I hope so.
All joking aside though, I don't see artificial intelligence destroying humanity any time soon.
Mostly, because it's really hard to create "intelligence". No one's done it yet.
Also, suppose an artificially intelligent being were to be spawned magically. Further, suppose it were pure evil and wanted to destroy all humans. And, suppose it were given access to the internet. How would it even begin to exert its will in the real world? Flipping IOT lights off and on? Nothing truly dangerous is connected to the internet.
[–] firecat 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Na, a real AI would experiment on people not kill them sure there would be some kills but not to the point where everyone on earth dies. If we go deeper into the topic, we can maybe consider robots almost human for not killing us and making their own rules for their life.
[–] neogag 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
The fear of artificial intelligence being promoted by people like Bill Gates and Elon Musk is a strategy to establish plausible deniability because they plan to use AI nefariously.
AI itself is inherently not scary, as long as the humans behind it limit it (which they can, trivially). Be afraid of Google, not AI as a concept.