AdamSmith Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 The scientific A-Team saving the world from killer viruses, rogue AI and the paperclip apocalypse They don't look like Guardians Of The Galaxy-style superheroes. But the founders of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk may be all that stands between us and global catastrophe http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/30/saviours-universe-four-unlikely-men-save-world Quote
Members RA1 Posted August 31, 2014 Members Posted August 31, 2014 Do you find it interesting that the programmer from Estonia is named Tallinn? If AI takes control of the internet, will it be able to better differentiate between the facts and fiction any better than the rest of us? I have wondered before why a dictator was not willing to commit suicide while trying to "kill" the world but I suppose megalomania has its upside. The escaped lab rat aka lab worker run amok is much more plausible but the circumstances leading up to this have to be "special", don't they? Think Tanks or the upper levels of academia are interesting and perhaps even useful but what have they actually done? Best regards, RA1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted August 31, 2014 Author Posted August 31, 2014 Think Tanks or the upper levels of academia are interesting and perhaps even useful but what have they actually done? Hard to think, right off. Meeting at the University of California, Berkeley in 1940. From left to right: Ernest O. Lawrence, Arthur H. Compton, Vannevar Bush, James Bryant Conant, Karl T. Compton, Alfred L. Loomis boiworship and MsGuy 2 Quote
Members RA1 Posted August 31, 2014 Members Posted August 31, 2014 Now, now, don't be catty. Like any generalization, it isn't universally true. This is similar to the government doesn't produce anything but they do, from time to time, provide overpriced services. Best regards, RA1 Quote
