By John Vibes | Activist Post
This week, inventor and entrepreneur Elon Musk announced the formation of OpenAI, which he promises will be “a non-profit artificial intelligence research company,” with the goal to “advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return.”
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In a press release this week the company said that “Since our research is free from financial obligations, we can better focus on a positive human impact. We believe AI should be an extension of individual human wills and, in the spirit of liberty, as broadly and evenly distributed as is possible safely. The outcome of this venture is uncertain and the work is difficult, but we believe the goal and the structure are right. We hope this is what matters most to the best in the field.”
The release concluded that “It’s hard to fathom how much human-level AI could benefit society, and it’s equally hard to imagine how much it could damage society if built or used incorrectly.”
Musk and a number of other notable thinkers have been making dire warnings about the dangerous potential of artificial intelligence.
Earlier this year, Musk, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Google executive Demis Hassabis, professor Stephen Hawking and over 1,000 other artificial intelligence experts signed an open letter warning the world about the dangers of weaponized robots and a “military artificial intelligence arms race” currently taking place between the world’s military powers.
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According to the letter,
AI technology has reached a point where the deployment of [autonomous weapons] is – practically if not legally – feasible within years, not decades, and the stakes are high: autonomous weapons have been described as the third revolution in warfare, after gunpowder and nuclear arms. The endpoint of this technological trajectory is obvious: autonomous weapons will become the Kalashnikovs of tomorrow. The key question for humanity today is whether to start a global AI arms race or to prevent it from starting.
In a recent interview, Musk talked about the need for a more free society, and even admitted that he was friendly to the ideas of anarchism.
He also built an alternative school for his children and went on to describe the process of “unschooling” that his children are involved with. Musk is the CEO and CTO of SpaceX, CEO and product architect of Tesla Motors and chairman of SolarCity. He is also the founder of SpaceX and a co-founder of PayPal.
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John Vibes is an author and researcher who organizes a number of large events including the Free Your Mind Conference. He also has a publishing company where he offers a censorship free platform for both fiction and non-fiction writers. You can contact him and stay connected to his work at his Facebook page. You can purchase his books, or get your own book published at his website www.JohnVibes.com.
John Vibes writes for TrueActivist.com
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great in concept. But after Skynet scenario in Terminator series makes me wonder what could be…
AI totally freaks me out! How do you control something that is given intelligence? Be it organic or artificial. This is not something to toy with. It starts out hopefully innocent enough, but then there is the war machine that will more than likely utilize it.
omg… this is NOT good… Years ago, The Pleiadians channeled by Barbara Marciniak told us about these… and just recently I was listening to a session on YouTube… OMG… Not good… big trouble!
Let robots do all the work. While us humans can enjoy life instead of slaving it.
Man is supposed to toil in life with work its this consumer society that has you work eight hours instead of four. AI will reflect exactly what it is supposed to either our destruction or further comfort until we are jellotinous blobs.
cool! tech shud belong to the ppl not just warehouse toy tech
With higher tech war what happens when para’s run out? Hmmm
Autobots inc!