AI Armageddon - Apocalypse Now? or Apocalypse NOT! [View all]

Here on DU, we once in a while get into discussions about the more concerning aspects of AI - sometimes involving the more panicky and sensationalistic claims that can spread FUD - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt.

- AI Is Learning to Escape Human Control...
- AI can now replicate itself -- a milestone that has experts terrified...
- AIs are happy to launch nukes in simulated combat scenarios...
and, of course...
- AI will take over the world

There is a lot to be concerned about AI, and also a lot to be gained. But, as one DUer observed "it’s not just AI that can run amok."

What I have found is that a bit of understanding as to what is going on inside the machine can dispel the notion that there is a ghost in the machine. And I came across a salient post over on the Kos that serves as a ghost buster.

AI Armageddon— Apocalypse NOT!