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When it comes to the possibilities and potential perils of artificial intelligence (AI), there is no shortage of opinions. As we navigate the ever-expanding realm of AI, it’s intriguing to ponder who among these visionaries might come closest to predicting our future reality.
Predicting the Future of AI
“The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race… It would take off on its own, and re-design itself at an ever-increasing rate. Humans, limited by slow biological evolution, couldn’t compete and would be superseded.” – Stephen Hawking
“I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I’m rooting for the machines.” – Claude Shannon
“Artificial intelligence would be the ultimate version of Google. The ultimate search engine that would understand everything on the web. We’re nowhere near doing that now. However, we can get incrementally closer to that, and that is basically what we work on.” – Larry Page
“The pace of progress in artificial intelligence is incredibly fast. The risk of something seriously dangerous happening is in the five-year time frame. 10 years at most.” – Elon Musk
Perils and Ethical Considerations
“The upheavals [of artificial intelligence] can escalate quickly and become scarier and even cataclysmic. Imagine how a medical robot, originally programmed to rid cancer, could conclude that the best way to obliterate cancer is to exterminate humans who are genetically prone to the disease.” – Nick Bilton
“I don’t want to really scare you, but it was alarming how many people I talked to who are highly placed people in AI who have retreats that are sort of ‘bug out’ houses, to which they could flee if it all hits the fan.” – James Barrat
“I’m increasingly inclined to think that there should be some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level, just to make sure that we don’t do something very foolish. I mean with artificial intelligence we’re summoning the demon.” – Elon Musk
“The real question is, when will we draft an artificial intelligence bill of rights? What will that consist of? And who will get to decide that?” – Gray Scott
“We must address, individually and collectively, moral and ethical issues raised by cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence and biotechnology, which will enable significant life extension, designer babies, and memory extraction.” – Klaus Schwab
Embracing AI and Augmenting Our Intelligence
“Some people call this artificial intelligence, but the reality is this technology will enhance us. So instead of artificial intelligence, I think we’ll augment our intelligence.” – Ginni Rometty
“It’s going to be interesting to see how society deals with artificial intelligence, but it will definitely be cool.” – Colin Angle
“Anything that could give rise to smarter-than-human intelligence wins hands down beyond contest as doing the most to change the world. Nothing else is even in the same league.” – Eliezer Yudkowsky
“Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver.” – Diane Ackerman
Contemplating the Future
“By far, the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.” – Eliezer Yudkowsky
“Forget artificial intelligence – in the brave new world of big data, it’s artificial idiocy we should be looking out for.” – Tom Chatfield
“Before we work on artificial intelligence, why don’t we do something about natural stupidity?” – Steve Polyak
So, what’s your opinion on artificial intelligence? Will it be our savior or our downfall? Share your thoughts and join the conversation on Ratingperson.
