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2020-02-27 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Scientists warn AI super-intelligence on verge of 'destroying civilisation'

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Posted by Fred 2020-02-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 And here I was worried about the Western "Elites" lack of intelligence.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-02-27 04:57|| 2020-02-27 04:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Napoleon is quoted as said 'Never interfere with an enemy while he's in the process of destroying himself.'

Go off and do some other computing. No need to bother yourself.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-02-27 07:45|| 2020-02-27 07:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Read "The Two Faces of Tomorrow" by James P. Hogan. Does a better job of thinking about it, and is a good story to boot.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-02-27 08:04|| 2020-02-27 08:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Great movie from the Seventies called "Colossus: The Forbin Project" is oddly prescient. I kept thinking Google when I watched it.

Posted by Warthog 2020-02-27 10:08|| 2020-02-27 10:08|| Front Page Top

#5 So the Wuhan corona virus was created by AI?

Posted by Glenmore 2020-02-27 13:36|| 2020-02-27 13:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Show me some algorithms that can reliably detect irony or humor in a human voice or statement, and then maybe I'll start being afraid.

AI can't even make the correct snap judgments that any five year-old can do. Not even close.

Posted by Lex 2020-02-27 15:15|| 2020-02-27 15:15|| Front Page Top

#7 INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MEANINGFUL ANSWER

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-02-27 17:22|| 2020-02-27 17:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Show me some algorithms that can reliably detect irony or humor in a human voice or statement, and then maybe I'll start being afraid.

Keep it out of the Window ME review data set.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-02-27 21:55|| 2020-02-27 21:55|| Front Page Top

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