03-24-2018, 11:05 PM
Even if a 'purely software' AI could be created as a first attempt (rather than as a later generation/more advanced version), I would hope that the creators wouldn't just give it the means to operate in an unrestricted manner on the internet.
Of course, it isn't that hard to think of a scenario in which even a human level intelligence might hide nasty tendencies for years (humans are known to do that now), and that could be even trickier with a super intelligence - which might or might not be able to manipulate its creators into setting it free - but this kind of risk already exists in variant forms with almost any of the kind of techs that OA is built on, really.
Even if no AIs are ever created, humans augmenting their intelligence will figure out how to do nasty things. Humans controlling nanotech, or biotech, or advanced self-repping automation will figure out how to do nasty things, etc.
Life is not without risk, basically.
Todd
Of course, it isn't that hard to think of a scenario in which even a human level intelligence might hide nasty tendencies for years (humans are known to do that now), and that could be even trickier with a super intelligence - which might or might not be able to manipulate its creators into setting it free - but this kind of risk already exists in variant forms with almost any of the kind of techs that OA is built on, really.
Even if no AIs are ever created, humans augmenting their intelligence will figure out how to do nasty things. Humans controlling nanotech, or biotech, or advanced self-repping automation will figure out how to do nasty things, etc.
Life is not without risk, basically.
Todd