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AI AS INTERNATIONAL POWER. “Artificial intelligence is the future, not only of Russia, but of all of mankind," Putin said. "Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world." After seeing Putin's comments, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that "competition for AI superiority at national level (is the) most likely cause of WW3." http://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/05/opinions/russia-weaponize-ai-opinion-allen/index.html View in LinkedIn

UNPREPARED. "If a superior alien civilisation sent us a message saying, "We'll arrive in a few decades," would we just reply, "OK, call us when you get here – we'll leave the lights on"? Probably not – but this is more or less what is happening with AI." (Hawking). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_explosion#CITEREFGood1965 View in LinkedIn

PLANNING VACUUM. "So, facing possible futures of incalculable benefits and risks, the experts are surely doing everything possible to ensure the best outcome, right? Wrong." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_explosion#CITEREFGood1965 View in LinkedIn

IN A NUTSHELL. "Hawking believes that in the coming decades, AI could offer "incalculable benefits and risks" such as "technology outsmarting financial markets, out-inventing human researchers, out-manipulating human leaders, and developing weapons we cannot even understand." Hawking believes more should be done to prepare for the singularity." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_explosion#CITEREFGood1965 View in LinkedIn

GREATEST AND LAST? "Stephen Hawking said in 2014 that "Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_explosion#CITEREFGood1965 View in LinkedIn

MILITARY. "Can lethal autonomous weapons be made to comply with humanitarian law?" http://futureoflife.org/ai-open-letter/ View in LinkedIn

OPEN LETTER RESEARCH PRIORITIES. "Significant parts of the economy, including finance, insurance, actuarial, and many consumer markets, could be susceptible to disruption through the use of AI techniques to learn, model, and predict agent actions." http://futureoflife.org/ai-open-letter/ View in LinkedIn

THE DANGERS OF AI OPEN LETTER with over 8,600 signatories. "There is now a broad consensus that AI research is progressing steadily, and that its impact on society is likely to increase. The potential benefits are huge, since everything that civilization has to offer is a product of human intelligence...We recommend expanded research aimed at ensuring that increasingly capable AI systems are robust and beneficial: our AI systems must do what we want them to do. http://futureoflife.org/ai-open-letter/ View in LinkedIn