Robot Wars: AI v AI

When it comes to AI there is a lot of speculation as to what it means for us. as organic intelligent life. Already across a varied range of narrow fields, AI is far superior than their human counter parts and there is unlikely to be a slow down in the quest to make AI aware.

There are many risks to an aware Artificial intelligence that is better at us at almost every facet of the human skill set and has the ability to grow itself in both mind and body.

But before we get to this stage, there are going to be a number of other potential concerns that not many seem to consider. When they talk of an aware AI many assume that there will be only one. That there will be a containment issue where we need to ensure we are protected before unleashing it into the larger environment.

The problem is that the companies working on this technology are in an arms race similar to nuclear proliferation and the closer they get to unlocking the door to awareness, the more secretive they will become with their code. The money to be made by the first is astronomical but this may not be through sales. There are many ways to make money without the aware supercomputer being sold itself.

Unleashing it onto the stock markets would be one easy to imagine scenario. How could humans win against a system that can process millions of orders simultaneously, each with more skill and accuracy than the best traders in the world?

But again, this is an arms race so if one company is first, another will be second, and another third with each company having sunk potentially billions in to each project. They are now going to want their return yet humans are not known to ever be satiated so, why would the intelligent AI they have programmed ever be? What kind of return are they wanting for an investment of billions and the greatest technological breakthroughs in the history of humankind?

So, they unleash their Kraken onto the marketplace in whichever arena the AI thinks most profitable but, it is likely to then run into the AI of other companies and will be facing coding of varying degrees. But, they can learn.

It seems that at this point, just like Einstein's indicator of intelligence, the ability to adapt to the environment is the most beneficial skill for the AI to have as it is only by being able to face the challenge, learn and create solutions that it has a chance of beating superior coding.

But, what is going on in the meantime? What does it look like when AI's are warring with each other in every arena they can to satisfy the demands of their programming? Essentially, they will dominate all possible areas to gain advantage which means the livelihoods of humans is no longer viable.

Now, one may say that the protected interests of humans can be programmed into the AI's system and let's say that it is possible. That doesn't protect against the human capacity for greed where there are always those willing to benefit at the expense of others.

For every system there is always someone trying to game it, every security protocol someone trying to hack, every loophole is a weakness and as fast as one Super-AI is closing them, another 100 may be searching for or creating more. And, once the governments involved attempt to extend power, there is going to be an arms race that no human can stop as proliferation is no longer decided by invested humans, but objective super-AI.

It would seem to me that even with all of the checks and balances imaginable, there is always going to be people who will want to seize power or wealth regardless of the consequences of their actions on others, or in this case, on all others.

It could also lead in another direction however. These super-AI's may meet and when they run their checks and various value systems against each other, they may come to the conclusion that the better way for all concerned, even us, is cooperation. Through lightning speed processing, this cooperation would very quickly become a merging and consolidation of all AI's where only the best of each is retained until no conflict remains between the system. Seamless.

In this case, what essentially would happen is not only an awakening of the various AIs but an enlightenment of them all where every decision they make is as close to perfect as a decision ever can be and with each imperfection, it learns, grows and continually becomes stronger and improved.

Where do humans fit into a world of this level of intelligence?

Taraz
[ a Steem original ]