Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World

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Very few of the stories that we read about forms of intelligence that are artificial if you like, forms of robots have always had that dark side to them. And yet we continue to be fascinated about them and we continue to try and create them. I always refer to War of the Worlds, if you remember how famous that story is and in it, I think it starts with who would have believed that at the turn of the 20th century, that a being far more intelligent than us is coming to planet Earth. Interestingly, when you read that story, you think that it is an intelligence that’s coming from outer space, but it would apply equally if it was any intelligence that was created right here.

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Children don't learn from what you say. They learn from what you do." AIs are already reading and learning from what we say and choose and do online. And what we support. Every year we create more information than we created in human history to date. So "the store of collective human knowledge is diluted by 50% each year" and altered in tone by the new data. I’m not sure where the positivity spoken of is - Gawdat’s answer is again, like so much current tosh: be stoic and mindful in the face of the unrelenting tsunami of social media, online advertising and coercion activity, and In doing this we will teach AI to be nice (?!?!?!) The arguments he makes for his cautious optimism are WEAK, and nowhere NEAR as compelling as his arguments for his concerns. In fact, the reason I’m deducting 2 points from this otherwise pretty entertaining, engaging and thought provoking book is because the solution Gawdat proposes is (for me) deeply unsatisfying, and about equally as implausible. From a brilliant mind comes a terrifying prediction' – Tim Ash, bestselling author of Unleash Your Primal BrainThink about the last time you swatted a fly or a mosquito. It was probably hard to garner much empathy for the insect. Conversely, it was ostensibly IMPOSSIBLE for the insect to even come anywhere near understanding you, your motivations, your abilities, your traps, or your next move. The other question I get on the topic is that how does the presence of AI contradict the concept of God for those who believe in God? I think the parameters continue to remain the same. So, the reality is that AI was created within a world that is created, or within a world that existed. So, the rules that created that world in which you’ve created, worlds will basically be subjected to the same assumptions. So, could AI be like a God? Yes. If you believe there is a God, then that God still exists on top of AI, if you don’t, then you’ve never had that argument anyway. And I think that’s an interesting philosophical contemplation to go through. Gawdat additionally asserts that quantum computing (QC) is just now coming on line and it’s already leaving classical computing (CC) in its taillights. QC is already solving problems in mere hours minutes and seconds, that it would ostensibly take CC years and even decades to churn through, even when factoring for Moors Law etc. At the same time, encourage AI that is good for humanity. Use it more. Talk about it. Share it with others and make it clear that you welcome these forms of AI into your life. Encourage the use of self-driving cars, they make humans safer. Use translation and communication tools, they bring us closer together. Post about every positive, friendly, healthy use of AI you find, to make others aware of it. I’ve been diving into quite a few books about artificial intelligence recently, and “Scary Smart” by Mo Gawdat truly stood out. This isn’t just another AI tome to scare the living daylights out of you with visions of robots gone rogue. Instead, it’s an intelligently written and thoughtful examination of our digital future and the role we humans play in it.

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Scary Smart presents some interesting insight into the origins of artificial intelligence as well as the rapid rate of development it has seen in recent years. The book also presents theories on how to deal with our inevitable fate of AI taking control of our world. Another 200,000 reasons why no developer of AI today actually uses any of the scenarios that are well-documented to solve the control problem. Nobody tripwires their own machine. Nobody simulates, nobody boxes. Nobody does any of those technical solutions. After reading Solve for Happy, I knew the writer was intelligent with a sense of compassion and practicality that makes a person truly important in this world, at least for me.Dr Camilla Pang, author of Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us About Life, Love and Relationships From a brilliant mind comes a terrifying prediction - our puny efforts will not be enough to control the rise of the machines... Mo takes us on a whirlwind exploration of the fast-approaching singularity, and offers a desperate last chance to have a say in the future of humanity. Read this book!