Do you believe that AI poses a threat to humankind and to the planet Earth as a whole? Why,why not?
26-30, F
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Keraunos · 36-40, M
I really don't see how humans can last for all that long if their electronic civilization endures. I doubt it will be any Hollywood-esque "killer robots vs. people" scenario, more of a progressive obsoleting of humans combined with a largely consensual merging of ourselves into AI, with some threshold eventually being hit where these whole biological body things seem more trouble than they're worth.
EDIT: As for Earth, I don't see how or why it would be endangered, aside from the possibility of a self-replicating nanomachine terrorist incident, if that counts as AI to you.
EDIT: As for Earth, I don't see how or why it would be endangered, aside from the possibility of a self-replicating nanomachine terrorist incident, if that counts as AI to you.
Originalme · 26-30, F
My thoughts on the topic:
1. AI can be used as a weapon
2. technology is already replacing people in many industries,there soon will be many more jobless individuals
3. we are becoming too reliant on it,that it is making us lazy and incapable of thinking for ourselves
4. there is always a question of privacy
I do think that these are valid concerns and that we should spend more time thinking about where further development of technology might lead us.
1. AI can be used as a weapon
2. technology is already replacing people in many industries,there soon will be many more jobless individuals
3. we are becoming too reliant on it,that it is making us lazy and incapable of thinking for ourselves
4. there is always a question of privacy
I do think that these are valid concerns and that we should spend more time thinking about where further development of technology might lead us.
BlueVeins · 22-25
@Originalme As for #1, you're right; AI could become the world's most powerful hackers, and that's dangerous for everyone.
As for #2, AI and automation in general will eventually phase out all jobs, but there's reason to believe it's currently creating more jobs than it's destroying. The reasons why are complicated, but it essentially works by reducing marginal costs of production, which in turn increases quantity supplied. An example of this is how human tellers increased in numbers as ATMs were being implimented. So what you're talking about is very real, but ultimately a future problem instead of a current one.
#3 isn't false, but as long as we build reliable systems, us being lazy isn't necessarily a problem. I think automation in general has given us an enhanced ability to think for ourselves, however, because it's been a key player in the rise of the Internet, which is a source of information.
#4 is absolutely true, and a serious concern with AI, especially in the PRC.
As for #2, AI and automation in general will eventually phase out all jobs, but there's reason to believe it's currently creating more jobs than it's destroying. The reasons why are complicated, but it essentially works by reducing marginal costs of production, which in turn increases quantity supplied. An example of this is how human tellers increased in numbers as ATMs were being implimented. So what you're talking about is very real, but ultimately a future problem instead of a current one.
#3 isn't false, but as long as we build reliable systems, us being lazy isn't necessarily a problem. I think automation in general has given us an enhanced ability to think for ourselves, however, because it's been a key player in the rise of the Internet, which is a source of information.
#4 is absolutely true, and a serious concern with AI, especially in the PRC.
pride49 · 31-35, M
An AI is only smart enough with the information put into it. It can't learn. I think it would be interesting to create an android with simulated emotions. PErhaps we could continually scan a humans brain, and pair it with an android creating a perfect cloned ai of that person. it'd be cool
BlueVeins · 22-25
@pride49 It's true that AI can only gain intelligence by gaining information, but AI do learn. What differentiates an algorithm from a bona fide AI is the capacity of an AI to analyse huge data sets and come up with associations between them. It's how facial recognition software works. Nobody went in there and told a computer program exactly what a human face looks like; we gave a computer tons and tons of examples and the AI learned from them.
ShellAccount · 22-25, M
It definitely poses a threat to humanity somewhere down the line. A weaponized AI could be incredibly dangerous, and we'd have to be very careful when programming its intentions, lest it do crappy things to achieve what we ask.
Lochlee · 51-55, F
To humankind yes, we often create something just because we can...not always thinking about whether we should. To the panet as a "whole" maybe less of a threat.
Anonymartyr · M
AI would only pose 1% of the threat to humankind as compared to the lifestyles of western Europe and North America poses to humankind (and all other life).
Anonymartyr · M
The biggest threat to our existance on earth is ourselves.
FurryFace · 61-69, M
nope , they won't let it get that clever just in case
nedkelly · 61-69, M
Al Gore? is a moron