RE: The Journey So Far. [Are We Prepared To Face The Future Of Technology?]
The thought of what could possibly happen when Artificial Super Intelligence becomes fully established made me rethink taking my programming career more seriously. I imagine ASI in academics, machines carrying out research and thinking through complex principles and propounding theories and scientific laws, coordinating lectures (like seriously? Machines lecturinghumans?)...
I usually don't argue about the world coming to an end or not but, I do the believe that we humans, through our countless upcoming advances especially in technology, we may create what will drive us into extinction. Talk of weapons of war that could wipe out a whole continent or two at once being built and handled by a machine (an ASI that can on its own determine whether to launch the weapon or not, totally void of human contribution)...
Well, on the other hand, we still can't deny the fact that technology has greatly improved our lives. And of course we can almost never stop advancing. The dopamine effect will make us crave for more techs.
This is a great and thoughtful write up @samminator I really enjoyed reading this wonderful piece.
You've got a rethink about progressing in your programming career? Maybe this would shock you bro - AI has now been taught to write codes on their own. Imagine what would happen when this goes mainstream. They may not be needing us or depending on us to program them; they would do that themselves.
That could mark a turning point in the evolution of another phase of AI - the self-aware AI. And about what you talked about the lauch of weapons by AI. What if they are the weapons themselves? Have you ever thought of that? Lol.
But overtly, if the ASI works out in our favour, then it would be one of the greatest things that has ever happened to humankind. Because, I mean, they would be steps ahead of humans, and would be able to solve the human-made problems in the world.
But if it goes awry, then we could be on the brink of extinction.
Thanks a lot for coming around
We've got a situation in our hands then... But its not 50/50 chance of it going awry rather a 75% assurance this will lead to something pretty awful.
Only that we may not be around that long to witness that firsthand.
Kind of thrown off balance by data and electricity ...my reasons for responding this late...