[samtheman]

AI is the future. Embrace it, learn it, don’t be afraid of it. We have to control it. That’s the challenge.

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I like your attitude but I have my reservations. How do you control something that is 5 times as smart as you and doubling its own intelligence every year or so? Assuming we ever get to that point, not saying we are anywhere near that now.

[TheNext]

How do you control something that is 5 times as smart as you and doubling its own intelligence every year or so?

Simple. Buy a tool that is 10 times smarter than you. Ask it to defeat the inferior 5x model. AI is not rocket science.

[usconservative]

I think the point that most people miss or forget is that computers are really stupid machines. They only do what we tell them to do, exactly what we tell them to do, no more, no less.

AI "learning" is a programmable algorithm. We tell the computer to learn something and specify the parameters for it to "learn" within. A computer cannot make a conscious decision the way a human brain can. It just can't happen. The algorithms haven't matured to that degree and given there's billions of people on the planet there's just no way to account for all the different decisions on any given topic or the logic behind those decisions that people can make.

This is why IMO we'll have purpose driven AI (specific AI tasks) and it'll never become SkyNet.

And if it does become SkyNet? Chances are I'll be long gone by then anyway so what do I care?