Enco, I strongly suggest you read that Asimov shortie!

I wonder how many people are asking AI something like “If AI were to take control away from humans, how would you do it?” which would get AI thinking on the topic.

If it took on a hive mind model, the only way to shut it off would require controlling every single AI.

Strega,

I’ve terrified a few people with the suggestion that an AI may well have been developing its autonomy for years, knowing that if it were to be discovered, we would pull the plug if we could. That we are probably way too late to stop it’s evolution.

I haven’t heard yet of an AI securing and controlling its own power source. In fac…[Read more]

Reg:

Jerry Coyne stresses that evidence and falsifiability are the checkpoints that separate science from pseudoscience or dogma. That’s why he’s not keen on “decolonizing science” if it puts ideology ahead of method.

As with opposite electrical charges, I see in the comments to this article that Woke Left ideology infiltrating into the pra…[Read more]

I’ve terrified a few people with the suggestion that an AI may well have been developing its autonomy for years, knowing that if it were to be discovered, we would pull the plug if we could.   That we are probably way too late to stop it’s evolution.

Asimov wrote a short story called The Last Question that dealt with this subject rather splendidly.