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Techies ponder computers smarter than us
Yahoo! News have a small article up on a recent event in San Fracisco, dubbed "The Singularity Summit: AI and the Future of Humanity" where the thought of near-future computers being smarter than humans is exciting some people. Interestingly, some nerds also predict a date for this event: 2029.
Amusingly, I'm pretty sure my computer is smarter than some of the folks I know, and certainly some of the people who have posted (or still post; no names!) on the forums. Looks like it's 2029 folks.
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But -- and this is a big but - new jobs are also created. The world employment is higher than it's ever been, despite all the robots on the assembly lines - because there's an infinite amount of work to do. The more robots, the more work mankind can do, the better standard of living for all of us.
-Jumonji
That's why we would loose our jobs to robots; they don't need money. Excluding the buy price, a robot would be free labour, something employers would love. If you had a choice to hire a human who you'd have to pay $11 dollars an hour and would work 8 hours a day excluding holidays, weekdays, vacation time, and sick days or a robot with a one time fee of say...$10000 which you wouldn't have to pay and would work 24/7 with no stopping...ever, which would you choose?
That includes both the economic, as well as the social fears.
The social fears can be seen in the movies, like "The Terminator," "Matrix," and "I, Robot." All of which indicate a time when an AI would dominate US. (Which reminds me so much of the "Y2K Bug" syndrome. LMAO for years, waiting for it. My favorite was the 55 gallon plastic drum of Hydrochloric Acid with a "Y2K Compliant" sticker on it.)
As to the economic fears, there's the fear for one's job, and a fear that an AI might be able to manipulate stocks, bonds, supply and demand, etcetera, much better than we humans have. (Of course, I'm a bit curious as to what an AI would do with the money. Get a better place to live? With a view?)
-Jumonji