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gepr on
Jun 06, 2016; 6:23pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Fascinating-article-on-how-AI-is-driving-change-in-SEO-categories-of-AI-and-the-Law-of-Accelerating-s-tp7587533p7587540.html
Well, my interpretation of Pamela's concern would have more to do with [bio]diversity than it does some form of naive extinction threat. In previous posts, I've outlined my skepticism that (complicated) open source is any less opaque to understanding than proprietary sources because the skills and effort it takes to suss out the content can be prohibitive. Regardless, it's true that open sourcing facilitates copying and forking (with or without understanding). And that sort of thing definitely contributes to _diversity_.
So, if diversity in AI might cause a more robust system (including interaction with the already somewhat diverse naturally intelligent systems), then there's a clear path for how open source would help prevent an extinction event.
The people who believe in things like "group think" should predictably recognize that argument.
On 06/06/2016 10:42 AM, Edward Angel wrote:
> There is a large group of distinguished people including Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, Bill Joy and Martin Rees, who believe that AI is an existential threat and the probability of the human race surviving another 100 years is less than 50/50. Stephen Hawking has said he has no idea what to do about. Bill Joy’s (non) solution is better ethical education for workers in the area. I can’t see how open source will prevent the dangers they worry about. Martin Rees has an Institute at Cambridge that worries about these things.
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> Ed
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>> On Jun 5, 2016, at 4:04 PM, Pamela McCorduck <
[hidden email] <mailto:
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>> I have some grave concerns about AI being concentrated in the hands of a few big firms—Google, FaceBook, Amazon, and so on. Elon Musk says the answer is open sourcing, but I’m skeptical. That said, I’d be interested in hearing other people’s solutions. Then again, you may not think it’s a problem.
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