Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World

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Gawdat regularly talks about how advertising is one of the most common uses of AI but he also doesn't even entertain the possibility that this might be because predicting variables and generating a coded response is not necessarily intelligent. What if the law enforcement machines chose to make my life harder because someone who has the colour of my skin or my religious background has committed a crime?

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And I think if we were to get together in rooms and discuss the inevitable existence of super-intelligence, we should talk about that problem. If Facebook creates AI, Google is compelled to create AI and when you are in an environment where choices can be made by a 14 year old that can control our life completely, I mean, once again, I go back to CRISPR and the idea of CRISPR being open sourced if you want, and the and the fact that there are examples of people that inject dogs with things and then leave them in the wild. We are lacking in our ability to even engage in our own humanity and traits like compassion and empathy and intuition and so on and so forth. And that makes a difference because then if you take the example of gene editing, you may think that you’ve done something amazing because you can inject a rat with a piece of code that allows you to control its population in a way. This last point made me give this book the highest rating because in 30 years time, it might prove to have included one of the most important messages of our time.Gawdat additionally asserts that quantum computing (QC) is just now coming on line and it’s already leaving classical computing (CC) in its taillights.

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That may be, but it seems to widely ignore countries with other economic systems, and questionable leaders, that are investing heavily in AI systems as well for a wide range of purposes. He presents AI not just as algorithms and data but as an evolving entity, shaped by our inputs and interactions. And I think if we were to be realistic, the only ethics humanity has ever agreed was that we all want to be happy. The arguments he makes for his cautious optimism are WEAK, and nowhere NEAR as compelling as his arguments for his concerns.

Another 200,000 reasons why no developer of AI today actually uses any of the scenarios that are well-documented to solve the control problem. Now, what was once science fiction has become a paramount concern for tech executives and futurists. This is book number 37 for me in 2021 and it's by far the most interesting book I've read this year. However, it feels like it was written entirely using text-to-speech (which the author multiple times does indeed mention he uses), making it feel like I am reading a waffly podcast script.

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You know, if we as capitalism will drive us, will probably find some sex robots and robots that are available for humans to abuse and beat, what are we telling them? If you’re keen on understanding more about the future of AI and our place in it, I'd definitely recommend giving this a read. It’s easy to get through if not compelling, if this was the starting point for first timers to the subject, I think they would have enjoyed the ride.To ensure they’re good, obedient kids, we’re going to use intimidation through algorithms of punishment and reward, and mechanisms of control to ensure they stick to a code of ethics that we, ourselves, are unable to agree upon, let alone abide by. Literally like infants with (as strange as it is to say it) love, compassion, connection and respect.