Author: KarinsDad
Date: 07:13:47 03/29/00
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On March 29, 2000 at 08:14:25, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: [snip] >> >>---------------------------------- >>The assumption that this leads to negative stuff is probably wrong. I make no such assumption. I also do not preclude the possibility (or should I say probability). My original >>point is that computers are tools. There is this worry that they will surpass >>us. They already have in some areas. A slide rule can do a few calculations >>better than I can. My original point is that they are an extension of us just >>the way a hammer is an extension to my arm. The tools are about the better use >>of imformation, which enhances our intelligence. >> >>John > >Some researchers fear super-brainy machines will be a science-fiction >nightmare come true.Kevin Warwick,head of cybernetics research at Britain´s >University of Reading,is convinced that machines will subjugate humanity >by 2050.And Hugo de Garis,head of a project to build silicon brains at >Japan´s Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International(ATR), >admits he is haunted by the prospect that his creations might "swat me like >a fly". Source:"BusinessWeek",Latin American Edition,August 23-30,1999, >page 65,"Machines will be smarter than we are",by Otis Port JAFM And to tell you the truth, it's possible that someone may figure out a way to force such machines to be benevolent. The problem is, however, not just one of benevolence vs. non-benevolence. It's also one of social change. What happens when the benevolent super computers do all of our research and work for us. Do we all just go out skiing? It's not worth it to play chess anymore (cannot tell if your opponent is using a super computer, even face to face). Could you imagine 5.5 billion people all out on the slopes at the same time? KarinsDad :)
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