When algorithms control the world

[David Morris]

Called "Singularity"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3UaoIcvD4k


On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
> On 8/24/2011 7:00 AM, Dave Monroe wrote:
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>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14306146
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> 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.
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> What is needed is a system of checks and balances built into the programs to prevent this eventuality.
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> But this turns out be a very challenging problem requiring even more sophisticated AI methods to handle.
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