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Artificial intelligence is about to transform society in the same way electricity did 100 years ago, but researchers are nowhere near producing the sort of self-aware sociopathic systems beloved of sci-fi writers. At least that’s what Andrew Ng, Silicon Valley-based chief scientist at Chinese Web giant Baidu, when he kicked …

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  1. energystar
    Angel

    Please allow me to restore a small omission...

    "AI smart enough to take our jobs [and our money, assets], not our lives. Yet.

    There, you're welcome.

    Happy life at the park!

    [We need some robo-cops at the park].

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  2. energystar
    Holmes

    Naiveness not an exclusive attribute of the lower food chain.

    "He questioned why researchers would want to work on ever smarter cruise missiles, for example."

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  3. energystar
    Headmaster

    "I do not see a clear path to getting there [self-conflicting AI].

    We need a breakthrough in algorithms."

    No need to go on. This is CEO chat. Future AI non related to algorithms, except for Instructions.

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  4. allthecoolshortnamesweretaken

    No problem.

    A real self aware AI that goes awry can be easily defeated. Rule 34 applies. Let it find some really good AI porn, done. It'll either lock itself in a loop, or will at least be distracted long enough for us to pull the plug.

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      Anonymous Coward

      A good AI I imagine would transcend such base, animalistic urges. At least, one hopes.

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    "Silicon Valley supports the concept of a guaranteed basic income."

    “If as technologists we put people out of a job, we have a responsibility.” .... "He, along with much of Silicon Valley supports the concept of a guaranteed basic income."....

    Is that so? Ok where are all the Silicon-Valley millionaire / billionaire "hippies" right now then???

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  6. ecofeco Silver badge

    So lawyers will be obsolete?

    If this means the elimination of lawyers and other self appointed "experts of social authority" (and quacks of all professions*) than I sure as HELL welcome our AI overlords.

    *just the quacks, not folks with real wisdom.

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    1. James 51
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      Re: So lawyers will be obsolete?

      I can't remember the details of the story but there is a si-fi novel were an electronic pope can pardon or condemn criminals to a penal planet. Of course once the hero gets there he finds out his father rigged the electronic pope to keep bad people away and let only people they wanted through.

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  7. thomas k

    tedium of work or idleness

    Hmm ... well, I know which I'd take.

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  8. Anonymous Coward
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    So was I the only one to parse the tagline as I, SCROTUM ? (which is a fitting description of our future position regarding our I ROBOT overlords).

    Anonymous because, really, who wants their name permanently attached to scrotums (scroti ?) in Google searches ?

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