The Trouble with AI

Published: Aug. 30, 2017, 11:30 p.m.

b"Phil and Stephen discuss the chances that super-smart AI might be upon us and the risks we face even if it isn't. Plus what do we do about the fact that when it comes to AI we often just don't get it?\\n\\nThe Myth of Superhuman AI\\n\\nFrom Kevin Kelly's article:\\n\\nThe assumptions behind a superhuman intelligence arising soon are:\\nArtificial intelligence is already getting smarter than us, at an exponential rate.We\\u2019ll make AIs into a general purpose intelligence, like our own.We can make human intelligence in silicon.Intelligence can be expanded without limit.Once we have exploding superintelligence it can solve most of our problems.\\nIn contradistinction to this orthodoxy, I find the following five heresies to have more evidence to support them\\nIntelligence is not a single dimension, so \\u201csmarter than humans\\u201d is a meaningless concept.Humans do not have general purpose minds, and neither will AIs.Emulation of human thinking in other media will be constrained by cost.Dimensions of intelligence are not infinite.Intelligences are only one factor in progress.\\nDear Elon\\u2013Forget Killer Robots. Here\\u2019s What You Should Really Worry About\\n\\nThe Dark Secret at the Heart of AI\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nWT 343-652"