Let's talk about Artificial Intelligence

[old man emu]

Are we afraid that someone has let AI out of the bottle and it will turn into something like the water-bearing brooms of the Sorcerer's Apprentice? Are we afraid that AI will self-replicate and eventually create bodies for itself and we will be under attack from Dalek-like machines?

[rgmwa]

I think that would be the least threatening possibility. It's what it might do when it's turned loose deliberately or accidetally on the interconnected systems and devices that we all use these days that would be the bigger threat. Banks and other financial institutions, public facilities like hospitals, power stations and distribution networks, the military etc., and especially if nobody knows that it's there or what it's doing.

Edited 18 hours ago by rgmwa

[Marty_d]

There was some discussion on RN's Future Tense about it today.

One presenter made the point that pre-AI, hackers needed a fair amount of knowledge to do damage, and still do it at human speed.

Soon there will be the ability for anyone to buy off the shelf AI hacking tools, which will work thousands of times faster, with no knowledge whatsoever.

[old man emu]

13 hours ago, rgmwa said:

think that would be the least threatening possibility

What you describe might just well be the first incursion. What I was thinking of is an ultimate result if it was turned loose in some way. 

 

12 hours ago, Marty_d said:

off the shelf AI hacking tools, which will work thousands of times faster, with no knowledge whatsoever.

That's the point. AI tools work at the speed of light (?). The horse could have bolted before we knew it was thinking of bolting.

[red750]

13 hours ago, Marty_d said:

Soon there will be the ability for anyone to buy off the shelf AI hacking tools, which will work thousands of times faster, with no knowledge whatsoever.

This is being advertised on Facebook for US$59.00.

 

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[red750]

Here's another...

 

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[rgmwa]

1 hour ago, old man emu said:

What you describe might just well be the first incursion. What I was thinking of is an ultimate result if it was turned loose in some way. 

The damage that could be caused by the first incursion would likely make your ultimate scenario unnecessary. 

Edited 3 hours ago by rgmwa

[old man emu]

15 minutes ago, rgmwa said:

The damage that could be caused by the first incursion would likely make your ultimate scenario unnecessary. 

Two different, but possible scenarios. 

 

However we don't need AI to put the financial or military structures at risk. We' got the orange A-hole creating the risk.

[facthunter]

red. how can you be sure that Link is safe? Nev

[red750]

I have had Avast antivirus software installed for over 10 years. It regularly blocks dangerous sites, but accepted these ones when I opened them. Avast also regularly runs system checks to look for dangerous files.