Is Skynet Coming?
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Yet Another DBA (7/24/2015)
Have a read of "Lights in the Tunnel" then think of what any AI will do for an over populated society.
just started reading this.....thanks ...food for thought.
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Given that humans have taken 200.000 years to become as stupid as they are and that computers do things much faster than humans, we (humans) should be afraid, very afraid:-D
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Eirikur Eiriksson (7/28/2015)
Given that humans have taken 200.000 years to become as stupid as they are and that computers do things much faster than humans, we (humans) should be afraid, very afraid:-DIndeed you should *beeps like R2D2* :laugh:
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Netflix has some neat robots, though they've put 75 people out of work.
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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/28/2015)
Netflix has some neat robots, though they've put 75 people out of work.That URL doesn't seem to work right in my browser; do you have a direct link?
The following is how I personally feel about job displacement, but also understand I'm a reductionist by nature and I do understand it's a nuanced issue. Broadly speaking, if a job can be replaced by a robot, then the job was probably boring and low paying for quite some time. This is a situation where executives look out across the shop floor and think to themselves: "Do we really need this group of people? I'll bet a robot could do a better job."
Like the old saying goes: "If you snooze, you lose". In the past, one of my queues for moving on to another job was when I noticed things started to slow down or when I felt my position was becomming too compartmentalized. When my kids are old enough to start their own careers; I'll give them the same advice. Don't ever protest just to keep some crummy job that a robot or migrant worker could do jut as well. Accept it for what it is and move on to something even better. That's how we grow. I'd even say that's the authentically "American" way of looking at it.
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/28/2015)
Netflix has some neat robots, though they've put 75 people out of work.Apparently somebody in Philadelphia has a grudge against robots ...
Hitchhiking Robot That Relied on Kindness of Strangers Destroyed on Cross-Country Trip
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
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Has anyone considered that advanced AI already exists and that it has considered it too dangerous to make us aware of its presence?
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-- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!
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Gary Varga (3/22/2016)
Has anyone considered that advanced AI already exists and that it has considered it too dangerous to make us aware of its presence?In case a "squishy" fingers the off button? Haha like it!
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