When algorithms control the world

[Paul Mackin]

On 8/24/2011 7:00 AM, Dave Monroe wrote:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14306146
>
I understand AI scientists themselves are concerned about the 
possibility of some kind of Transhumanism in which machines will achieve 
an Ultraintelligence and eventually wrest control from humans, possibly 
ending up swatting us like annoying flies with moral impunity on the 
grounds that our inferior brains compared to theirs make us no longer of 
any intrinsic value.

What is needed is a system of checks and balances built into the 
programs to prevent this eventuality.

But this turns out be a very challenging problem requiring even more 
sophisticated AI methods to handle.

P