Stephen Hawking warns artificial intelligence could end mankind

Nabzlfc · 2 Dec 2014 at 20:33

Think he's been watching too much Person of Interest.

dacads · 2 Dec 2014 at 20:34

It's not rocket science, doesn't take Stephen Hawking to tell us..

Uncle Petey · 2 Dec 2014 at 20:36

mattyfez said:
My friend suggested we could keep it in a box, but it would quickly realise it was a slave and be quite angry, uncooperative and probably disastrous if it got out.

bitslice · 2 Dec 2014 at 20:38

Elon Musk posted the same thing a while back, but Skynet deleted his post before everyone could read it.

Can't be long now...

C.R.A.Z.Y · 2 Dec 2014 at 20:40

Humans will most likely destroy Earth way before AI can get too that level of sophistication and complexity :-(

Fermi paradox !

mattyfez · 2 Dec 2014 at 20:41

There is also the theory that that's why the universe isn't teaming with biological life, all biological life reaches an end game, or another branch of evolution if you like..
Any biological life will eventually create AI which will eventually see no use for biology.

Uncle Petey · 2 Dec 2014 at 20:42

So, we're destined to become the Borg or we invent the Geth?

/nerd

mattyfez · 2 Dec 2014 at 20:45

C.R.A.Z.Y said:
Humans will most likely destroy Earth way before AI can get too that level of sophistication and complexity Fermi paradox !

Certainly a possibility but equally not a great result!

EdGey · 2 Dec 2014 at 20:46

Drones aren't so scary without fuel and munitions.

mattyfez · 2 Dec 2014 at 20:48

Uncle Petey said:
So, we're destined to become the Borg or we invent the Geth?

/nerd

Worse than that.. We'll simply be iradicated in a similar fashion as a dude jet washing the annoying green moss from his patio slabs.

Zethor · 2 Dec 2014 at 20:49

mattyfez said:
I dissagree, humans are nothing more than biological computers, emotions nothing more than chemical reactions in our brains as a result of stimuli.

It is laughable to claim the brain is anything like a binary computer, the only type of computers we actually use at the moment. Yes, it's all chemistry and physics but considering we don't even understand the processes, how can we even dream of replicating them?

Uncle Petey · 2 Dec 2014 at 20:50

mattyfez said:
Worse than that.. We'll simply be iradicated in a similar fashion as a dude jet washing the annoying green moss from his patio slabs.

To be fair, that wouldn't be entirely undeserved if we carry on the way we are.

bitslice · 2 Dec 2014 at 20:53

Zethor said:
It is laughable to claim the brain is anything like a binary computer, the only type of computers we actually use at the moment. Yes, it's all chemistry and physics but considering we don't even understand the processes, how can we even dream of replicating them?

We've had artificial neurons for 30 odd years, it doesn't take much to replicate the same thing with a binary computer.

This is some recent random effort by IBM:
http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/08/ibm-researchers-make-a-chip-full-of-artificial-neurons/

and a model of the brain, Spaun
2.5 million virtual neurons

http://www.nature.com/news/simulated-brain-scores-top-test-marks-1.11914

simulation of a brain sized model
http://www.izhikevich.org/human_bra...in.htm#Simulation of Large-Scale Brain Models

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mattyfez · 2 Dec 2014 at 20:57

Zethor said:
It is laughable to claim the brain is anything like a binary computer, the only type of computers we actually use at the moment. Yes, it's all chemistry and physics but considering we don't even understand the processes, how can we even dream of replicating them?

Correct, the human brain has evolved to survive in the given narrow circumstances.. It's just one link in a chain of extinct animals. It just happens to be the current link, that by no means makes it infallible.

A pure logical system with all of the processing power and all the knowledge of human history would make it, literally a god.

bloodiedathame · 2 Dec 2014 at 21:02

Did he only just watch Wall-E?

aardvark · 2 Dec 2014 at 21:04

really???? what is this super ai going to do trapped in its box?
nothing of any importance is going to be networked - its can't just launch nuclear missiles. It can't just create a robot body out of thin air.
Ain't gonna happen.

bitslice · 2 Dec 2014 at 21:07

aardvark said:
really???? what is this super ai going to do trapped in its box?
nothing of any importance is going to be networked - its can't just launch nuclear missiles. It can't just create a robot body out of thin air.
Ain't gonna happen.

Nobody is going to build an AI and leave it sitting in a box, it will be used to second guess all sorts of systems.

It should make possible some awesome sex toys before it kills us all though

snips86x · 2 Dec 2014 at 21:12

bitslice said:
Nobody is going to build an AI and leave it sitting in a box, it will be used to second guess all sorts of systems.

It should make possible some awesome sex toys before it kills us all though

Haha, I've seen Person of Interest, I know how it works

Zethor · 2 Dec 2014 at 21:16

bitslice said:
We've had artificial neurons for 30 odd years, it doesn't take much to replicate the same thing with a binary computer.

This is some recent random effort by IBM:
http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/08/ibm-researchers-make-a-chip-full-of-artificial-neurons/

and a model of the brain, Spaun
2.5 million virtual neurons

http://www.nature.com/news/simulated-brain-scores-top-test-marks-1.11914

Spaun sees a series of digits: 1 2 3; 5 6 7; 3 4 ?. Its neurons fire, and it calculates the next logical number in the sequence. It scrawls out a 5, in legible if messy writing.

What a performance! Now it only needs to control the 32.7 trillion cells in the body, mantain a thought process which features ideas, feelings, dreams, past experiences, personality, insticts, prevent the body from collapsing due to mavity etc. etc. etc. all at the same time.

mattyfez said:
Correct, the human brain has evolved to survive in the given narrow circumstances.. It's just one link in a chain of extinct animals. It just happens to be the current link, that by no means makes it infallible.

A pure logical system with all of the processing power and all the knowledge of human history would make it, literally a god.

A pure logical system will never do anything more than to logically follow instructions. It will do exactly what we instruct it to do, no matter how advanced and if it does wipe us out, it won't be "its" decision, it will be the programmers'.

Uncle Petey · 2 Dec 2014 at 21:18

Pure logical system?

Notice how a lot of the evil AI's have been depicted as female (except HAL)?