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Can we build AI without losing control over it? | Sam Harris
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RE: Can we build AI without losing control over it? | Sam Harris
It's not as though it would take more than a few seconds for ai to legitimately fuck us up.......hoping that a glitch or a reboot will save us is hoping that it doesn't entirely finish us off before it crashes, if it crashes...and ofc, seeing as how he's discussing ai that's smarter than ourselves...it's likely to be just as capable -at least- as ourselves in overcoming that particular problem.  

What Harris is discussing isn't a fear of robot overlords coming to steal our women anyway, and he actually takes the time to specifically address that.  Enslavement, malice, intentional harm...these things are irrelevant to his concerns.  He, also, specificaly mentions the notion that the first AI -wouldn't- be perfectly implemented, that's exactly what he takes to be worrying about it....even though he concedes that he can't muster up what he considers to be an appropriate response to that risk - it's just too damn cool to properly worry about, lol.
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RE: Can we build AI without losing control over it? | Sam Harris - by The Grand Nudger - November 4, 2016 at 2:13 pm

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