Monday, April 3, 2017

How humans will lose control of artificial intelligence

How humans will lose control of artificial intelligence: "This is the way the world ends: not with a bang, but with a paper clip. In this scenario, the designers of the world's first artificial superintelligence need a way to test their creation. So they program it to do something simple and non-threatening: make paper clips. They set it in motion and wait for the results — not knowing they've already doomed us all."

Elon Musk Just Confirmed That He's Making Tech To Merge Human Brains and Computers

Elon Musk Just Confirmed That He's Making Tech To Merge Human Brains and Computers: "Elon Musk is a very future-oriented tech entrepreneur, as evidenced by Tesla and SpaceX. Even so, Musk has always been vocal about his fear of a world take over by artificial intelligence (AI). Curiously enough, his solution to keep the AI doomsday away is to merge the human brain with machines."