Machines Will Not be Like Us, Unless We Want Them to Be
by Matt Brown A motorist stops to help someone whose car has broken down. A person volunteers their time to help a homeless shelter. A man rushes into a burning building to save a child. Humans are...
View ArticlePrevent Skynet? We are Skynet.
by Mitch Howe Hollywood can't scare me. I don't lose sleep to crimson-eyed androids and their sentient overminds. But don't think for a moment that I'm well-rested. I lose sleep at night because the...
View ArticleWhy We Need Friendly AI
by Eliezer Yudkowsky There are certain important things that evolution created. We don’t know that evolution reliably creates these things, but we know that it happened at least once. A sense of fun,...
View ArticleThinking of AIs as Humans is Misguided
by Kaj Sotala Skynet in the Terminator movies is a powerful, evocative warning of the destructive force an artificial intelligence could potentially wield. However, as counterintuitive as it may sound,...
View ArticleApocalyptic Revelations Regarding Contemporary Ethics
by Michael Vassar Movies are made to entertain today, not to predict tomorrow. Unfortunately, movies are the only reference frame that most non-specialists have for thinking about the future. As a...
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