The dangerous fantasies driving the quest for super-intelligent AI
For some reason, we are reluctant to entertain the possibility that a full expression of human intelligence is perhaps necessarily and intrinsically social. And so Fear of the Borg holds us back from exploring the most promising directions for the future evolution of intelligence itself.
Substack • Graph Minds
Most controversies surrounding strong artificial intelligence (that can match humans on any cognitive task) center around two questions: When (if ever) will it happen, and will it be a good thing for humanity? Techno-skeptics and digital utopians agree that we shouldn’t worry, but for very different reasons: the former are convinced that human-leve
... See moreMax Tegmark • Life 3.0
Some predict that with the dawn of AGI, machines that can improve themselves will trigger runaway growth in computer intelligence. Often called “the singularity,” or artificial superintelligence, this future involves computers whose ability to understand and manipulate the world dwarfs our own, comparable to the intelligence gap between human being
... See moreKai-Fu Lee • AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
The future of our creations, especially AI, depends on whether we design them as extensions of our highest aspirations or unwitting amplifiers of our unexamined shadows.