Finally got around to reading this one and, it's not great.
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Finally got around to reading this one and, it's not great. Mostly it's frustrating to see how the muddled logic and motivated reasoning of Yoshua Bengio & co make it hard for journalists to get and convey a clear understanding.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/science-fiction-artificial-intelligence-robots
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Finally got around to reading this one and, it's not great. Mostly it's frustrating to see how the muddled logic and motivated reasoning of Yoshua Bengio & co make it hard for journalists to get and convey a clear understanding.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/science-fiction-artificial-intelligence-robots
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Bengio is quoted like this as a refutation of this quote from me:
Algorithms “combust[ing] into consciousnesses” and deciding to kill us all “is not the problem I’m worried about”
See if you can spot the logical leap in his argument
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Bengio is quoted like this as a refutation of this quote from me:
Algorithms “combust[ing] into consciousnesses” and deciding to kill us all “is not the problem I’m worried about”
See if you can spot the logical leap in his argument
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This seems to be a pretty typical move from the "AI Safety" crowd when folks point out that they are living in a fantasy world, enjoying imagining themselves as savoirs of humanity, etc. They briefly pretend to be concerned about harms that are somewhat less speculative,
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Bengio is quoted like this as a refutation of this quote from me:
Algorithms “combust[ing] into consciousnesses” and deciding to kill us all “is not the problem I’m worried about”
See if you can spot the logical leap in his argument
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@emilymbender Not sure if that's what you have in mind but I have to say that that "in theory" is pulling an AWFUL lot of weight in that part you quoted!
I found myself in a discussion at one point not all that long ago which basically degenerated into "but what if AI does <thing> on its own accord" and no amount of "what part of that this is software running on physical computers we're talking about" could pierce that veil.
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