I don't think its the potential to upset the world order that has everyone so worried about AI. At least, as someone who studied Artificial Intelligence in college and have since refused to study it any further, I don't think that is the main concern.
Its a risk/reward problem.
The potential risk is infinite: worst case scenario (in my opinion) is the extinction of humanity and the destruction of our planet. There are arguments that this won't ever happen with AI, but it is un-provable either way until AI is actually invented.
the promised reward for developing AI? self-driving cars, extension of human life, raised quality of life, end of all suffering, etc. Although these are all positive developments, my opinion is that we don't necessarily need AI in order to achieve them. We are already well on our way to making life much better. I mean, look at how things have improved over the last century, and think about how much better life will be if we can extend these gains from the 1st world to those in less fortunate areas of the planet. Basically the only reward I see from developing AI is increasing the speed at which these things are developed, not the actual development of these improvements.
in my opinion, the risk is not worth the reward. an acceleration of progress vs the complete destruction of humanity? no thanks.
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very good insight, thank you.
I don't think its the potential to upset the world order that has everyone so worried about AI. At least, as someone who studied Artificial Intelligence in college and have since refused to study it any further, I don't think that is the main concern.
Its a risk/reward problem.
The potential risk is infinite: worst case scenario (in my opinion) is the extinction of humanity and the destruction of our planet. There are arguments that this won't ever happen with AI, but it is un-provable either way until AI is actually invented.
the promised reward for developing AI? self-driving cars, extension of human life, raised quality of life, end of all suffering, etc. Although these are all positive developments, my opinion is that we don't necessarily need AI in order to achieve them. We are already well on our way to making life much better. I mean, look at how things have improved over the last century, and think about how much better life will be if we can extend these gains from the 1st world to those in less fortunate areas of the planet. Basically the only reward I see from developing AI is increasing the speed at which these things are developed, not the actual development of these improvements.
in my opinion, the risk is not worth the reward. an acceleration of progress vs the complete destruction of humanity? no thanks.