AI is the end of the world! In something out of the start of a horror
movie, this week top artificial intelligence researchers called for
major regulation of the technology, releasing a one-sentence letter:
“Mitigating
the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside
other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.”
The
cynic in me thinks these guys want regulation to lock out any new
competition. But there is obviously something real in the fear. AI is
unlike virtual reality and unlike Bitcoin. AI is going to be like
electricity or the internet, changing the world in ways we can’t even
imagine, coursing through every facet of our lives. But America can pass
all the laws it wants; there’s no way countries like China and the
United Arab Emirates will stop their progress on this.....<<<Read More>>>...