There has been a lot of discussion of artificial intelligence in the media recently. Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates have all made statements about the possible dangers of superintelligent AI in the future. Others, such as Jerry Kaplan and Robin Hanson, feel that much of the concern is overblown or misplaced--however these people still ( Read more... )

I went to a talk by Jerry Kaplan called "AI: Think Again" tonight. I have a lot of thoughts about it, and as the title suggests there are many places I disagree with him. However, I think the majority of those disagreements occur somewhat in the future, or else are stylistic. For example, he said he wouldn't want to watch F1 racing with driverless ( Read more... )