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DARK SIDE. “Particularly frightening scenario comes from the potential military uses of artificial life. There are many military applications for which artificial life forms would be extremely useful, from battlefield robots to satellite warfare.” https://lnkd.in/dMvAeqz View in LinkedIn

CAUTION. “Even if we have designed these systems to be benign, we will want to verify that they are benign before allowing them unfettered access to our world. So at least in the initial stages of non-human AI and AI+, it makes sense to have some protective measures in place.” https://lnkd.in/e335knp View in LinkedIn

EARLY STAGE. “As far as we can tell, digital computers are still zombies. Our machines are becoming autistically intelligent, but not supersentient - nor even conscious.” http://www.biointelligence-explosion.com/ View in LinkedIn

THE QUESTION. “How (if at all) should we go about designing AI, in order to maximize the expected value of the resulting outcome” https://lnkd.in/e335knp View in LinkedIn

GIANT CLAIMS. “If there is a singularity, it will be one of the most important events in the history of the planet. An intelligence explosion has enormous potential benefits: a cure for all known diseases, an end to poverty, extraordinary scientific advances, and much more. It also has enor- mous potential dangers: an end to the human race, an arms race of warring machines, the power to destroy the planet.” https://lnkd.in/e335knp View in LinkedIn

Q.E.D. “If there is AI++, it will have an enormous impact on the world.” https://lnkd.in/e335knp View in LinkedIn

TWISTED HUMOR. “As Vernor Vinge put it: The best answer to the question, “Will computers ever be as smart as humans?” is probably “Yes, but only briefly.” http://intelligenceexplosion.com/en/2011/plenty-of-room-above-us/ View in LinkedIn

MORE THREAD. “(i) If there exists AI+, then there exists an AI1; (ii) For all n > 0, if an AIn exists, then absent defeaters, there will be an AIn+1; (iii) If for all n there exists an AIn, there will be AI++; (iv) If there is AI+, then absent defeaters, there will be AI++.” https://lnkd.in/e335knp View in LinkedIn

LOGIC THREAD. “(i) If there is AI, AI will be produced by an extendible method; (ii) If AI is produced by an extendible method, we will have the capacity to extend the method (soon after); iii) Extending the method that produces an AI will yield an AI+; (iv) Absent defeaters, if there is AI, there will (soon after) be AI+.” https://lnkd.in/e335knp View in LinkedIn

ARTIFICIAL EVOLUTION. “Evolution operates without requiring any antecedent intelligence or forethought. If evolution can produce something in this unintelligent manner, then in principle humans should be able to produce it much faster, by using our intelligence. Evolution produced human-level intelligence mechanically and nonmiraculously.” https://lnkd.in/e335knp View in LinkedIn