So, it's been my mind a lot lately. Seems to be a fun topic for mainstream media. I'm trying to get my mind around it.
AI has been around since the first little microprocessor that could take sensor input and do something with it. Sky is dark, turn on the lights. Human detected on the front porch, alert owner on their phone. That's AI, and is sure seems harmless.
For many years now, AI has assumed a human form. Chatbots online can help you with technical questions. Place a call somewhere, speech recognition gets you to the person you need to talk with.
When did it turn a corner to something we need to be concerned with? Some of that is media sensationalism. But certainly there are dangers today. Modern computers have a network of information that is unprecedented. The entire internet. That amount of information, if YOU could read it all in an hour or a day, would make YOU the smartest person on the planet. A computer can do that.
Can AI cause WW3? Can a solar-powered computer become self-aware and create and disperse a lethal virus to end humankind? What is the danger of AI?
- What is it?: software running on computers that takes input and gives answers.
- Why is it in the news? big names in tech keep talking about it (Musk, Zuckerberg).
- Is it scarey? Maybe.
AI has been around since the first little microprocessor that could take sensor input and do something with it. Sky is dark, turn on the lights. Human detected on the front porch, alert owner on their phone. That's AI, and is sure seems harmless.
For many years now, AI has assumed a human form. Chatbots online can help you with technical questions. Place a call somewhere, speech recognition gets you to the person you need to talk with.
When did it turn a corner to something we need to be concerned with? Some of that is media sensationalism. But certainly there are dangers today. Modern computers have a network of information that is unprecedented. The entire internet. That amount of information, if YOU could read it all in an hour or a day, would make YOU the smartest person on the planet. A computer can do that.
Can AI cause WW3? Can a solar-powered computer become self-aware and create and disperse a lethal virus to end humankind? What is the danger of AI?