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I've been reading a bit about AI from a "thought-experiment" standpoint, such as, "what will it really be like if we create intelligence"? As you think about it, it will be far different than most imagine.

Over the holiday weekend I've been reading this fantastic book:
Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era[^]

Some parts seem a bit "over the top" but it is a great thought-experiment book about what AI might be like. Very well written and interesting.

A few quotes from the book on how people attempt to make AI human-like:
from book:
A prerequisite for having a meaningful discussion of superintelligence is the realization that superintelligence is not just another technology, another tool that will add incrementally to human capabilities. Superintelligence is radically different. This point bears emphasizing, for anthropomorphizing superintelligence is a most fecund source of misconceptions.
Therefore, anthropomorphizing about machines leads to misconceptions, and misconceptions about how to safely make dangerous machines leads to catastrophes.

Quote:
You and I are hundreds of times smarter than field mice, and share about 90 percent of our DNA with them. But do we consult them before plowing under their dens for agriculture? Do we ask lab monkeys for their opinions before we crush their heads to learn about sports injuries? We don’t hate mice or monkeys, yet we treat them cruelly. Superintelligent AI won’t have to hate us to destroy us.


After explaining that every Asimov story ends up in unintended consequences related to the three guiding principles of robots...
Quote:
Are Asimov’s laws all we’ve got? I’m afraid it’s worse than that. Semiautonomous robotic drones already kill dozens of people each year. Fifty-six countries have or are developing battlefield robots. The race is on to make them autonomous and intelligent.

Some people think, "well, why move forward in AI at all?" But as numerous authors explain, the "genie is out of the bottle" and someone will definitely move forward in it now.
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