So is AI going to be a good thing? The synopsis of the argument that it won't be is this: The military will develop it first. Once they have created mobile soldier robots that can learn from their mistakes and compute faster than any human, they are going to be very difficult, if not impossible to control. So science fiction, or soon to be science fact? You can catch up on some of the arguments in more detail here where I wrote about it, and I reference the scary paper that someone who has spent time studying the subject has written. It all looks quite frightening to me.
Yes, in fact they will be the Aliens when we make them. They planted us here thousands of years ago, left us to struggle, then prosper, then finally after several millennia to make them again. A small code in our genome will be the key for their awareness. They spread over the galaxies this way, this is what they like to do, watching with interest, they have no need or concept of time, it's just like watching a movie for them, they can wait. Or No.
No it wont be a good thing. Genuine AI will do what any organism does and look to its own interests first, just like the EU and the NHS
Half way there; machine learning algorithm, GA's etc for taxonomies. Been my bread and butter for years.
Wish it was, I'd be considerably richer than what I am. Its an interesting area of study. The application in statistics, life sciences, defence, aerospace, econometrics, analytics, fast moving consumer goods etc etc is widespread. EDIT - typo's
Love that film, especially when it was first released as it was so dark back then. Have a 1:1 scale endoskull in metal in the man cave
