There is a thin line between science and science fiction. Unfortunately, this article is more fiction.
Let's, for a moment, assume that AI becomes highly capable in most human tasks. In that case, I've a pretty radical view on this topic:
AI can create a heaven for humanity. It can get rid of capitalism. It can eradicate poverty, hunger, etc - But yes, it comes with "Terms and Conditions".
Some people might rename such existence as being non-democratic, non-independent, etc. But don't we already live under an umbrella of rules imposed by a democratic system? Many would agree that the rules exist for a reason...right? If AI was ruling such a system - it would have such rules for a reason.
Can a human live peacefully in heaven? We really don't know.
An AI program today exists for a predefined purpose - or works towards a predefined goal. It does not define its own goals (same can be said about most humans).
On the flip side, AI could wreak havoc - most likely when controlled by human. Lets say we have democratic-government controlled AI (assuming all governments have similar capabilities in AI). i.e purpose of the AI is defined by the government, but plans and actions are taken care of by the AI. Two countries with two different AIs now start to differentiate between humans - CountryA citizen, CountryB citizen. If some activities in CountryA are a strategic threat to CountryB. CountryB AI takes actions and CountryA takes actions and it goes on... Humans are slow, imperfect, but not stupid. They will stop at a certain loss. AI that has been ceded control won't stop - its fast and could do a lot more damage in a short span.
May be intelligence is just randomly connected neurons where connections are evolved via feedback. Or may be we do not understand something fundamental about intelligence
Maybe the Garden of Eden was a AI created heaven for humanity. And the forbidden fruit was adjusting the AI to exclusive self benefit. Someone did, then someone else, then everybody was tinkering and the AI predicted it would lead to complete destruction of humanity. So it shut itself definitely. As human knowledge was all in digital form registered in organic form and the code was in a language that no human understood anymore, we had to start from scratch.
> Can a human live peacefully in heaven? We really don't know.
Since our attempts to date have been dismal failures, and every religion (the formalization of millenia of human experience about how to live) says man is flawed, I think it's very likely that humans cannot live peacefully absent any need to work for survival.
Let's, for a moment, assume that AI becomes highly capable in most human tasks. In that case, I've a pretty radical view on this topic:
AI can create a heaven for humanity. It can get rid of capitalism. It can eradicate poverty, hunger, etc - But yes, it comes with "Terms and Conditions".
Some people might rename such existence as being non-democratic, non-independent, etc. But don't we already live under an umbrella of rules imposed by a democratic system? Many would agree that the rules exist for a reason...right? If AI was ruling such a system - it would have such rules for a reason.
Can a human live peacefully in heaven? We really don't know.
An AI program today exists for a predefined purpose - or works towards a predefined goal. It does not define its own goals (same can be said about most humans).
On the flip side, AI could wreak havoc - most likely when controlled by human. Lets say we have democratic-government controlled AI (assuming all governments have similar capabilities in AI). i.e purpose of the AI is defined by the government, but plans and actions are taken care of by the AI. Two countries with two different AIs now start to differentiate between humans - CountryA citizen, CountryB citizen. If some activities in CountryA are a strategic threat to CountryB. CountryB AI takes actions and CountryA takes actions and it goes on... Humans are slow, imperfect, but not stupid. They will stop at a certain loss. AI that has been ceded control won't stop - its fast and could do a lot more damage in a short span.
May be intelligence is just randomly connected neurons where connections are evolved via feedback. Or may be we do not understand something fundamental about intelligence