Intressant i senaste Nature rörande ämnet:
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Concerns over AI are not simply fear-mongering. Progress in the field will affect society profoundly, and it is important to make sure that the changes benefit everyone.
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For those who remain sceptical that progress is imminent, bear in mind that Google, Toyota, Facebook, Microsoft and other companies are together pouring billions of dollars into AI and robotics research, which they see as the next frontier for profits.
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Stuart Russell, a computer scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, who is well known for his deeply sceptical views on over-expectations of technological progress, is convinced that it is time to assess and mitigate potential risks. “Several technologies are reaching the level where they could be developed in potentially harmful directions,” says Russell
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Then there are cybersecurity threats to smart cities, infrastructure and industries that become overdependent on AI — and the all too clear threat that drones and other autonomous offensive weapons systems will allow machines to make lethal decisions alone.
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As AI converges with progress in robotics, significant technological changes are likely to occur very quickly.
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The spectre of permanent mass unemployment, and increased inequality that hits hardest along lines of class, race and gender, is perhaps all too real.
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It is crucial that progress in technology is matched by solid, well-funded research to anticipate the scenarios it could bring about, and to study possible political and economic reforms that will allow those usurped by machinery to contribute to society
http://www.nature.com/news/anticipat...OTAzNDYxMjE3S0
Det står en del anmärkningsvärda saker där ändå. Samtidigt så nämns det att man inte ska utgå utefter att skräckscenarion är närstående, men att vi bör se över de mer konkreta problemen som faktiskt tycks stå runt hörnet