Algorithms Gone Wild
“The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race. [...] It would take off on its own, and re-design itself at an ever-increasing rate. Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn’t compete, and would be superseded.”
- Stephen Hawking
“Machine intelligence is the last invention that humanity will ever need to make.”
- Nick Bostrom
“Anything that could give rise to smarter-than-human intelligence—in the form of Artificial Intelligence, brain computer interfaces, or neuroscience-based human intelligence enhancement—wins hands down beyond contest as doing the most to change the world. Nothing else is even in the same league.”
- Eliezer Yudkowsky
“One of the most important aspects of any computing tool is its influence on the thinking habits of those that try to use it.”
-Edsger W. Dijkstra
As part of modern digital...
