Fearing science is not the same as fearing what we are capable of: In the end, it's all really about us, what we can create and what we do with what we create.
June 14, 2016
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Even with the amazing steps of DeepMind in the game of Go, we can still sleep in peace for now while we find safeguards that will protect us from our own inventions.
March 29, 2016
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Sci-fi thriller Ex Machina explores a variable of artificial intelligence we don't see in most considerations — the potential use of emotions as control.
May 20, 2015
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If we are able to create intelligent machines, how can we guarantee they will keep us alive and well, as opposed to wiping us out? Marcelo reviews Nick Bostrom's Superintelligence.
October 22, 2014
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As we learn more about the brain, we should ask whether learning too much might, ultimately, compromise our freedom. Simulating reality could be a threat to reality.
March 12, 2014
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