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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 23 Dec 2014

    Two great thinkers see danger in AI—here’s how to make it safe: http://wp.me/p5HMd-fhqF  via @TIMEIdeas

    10:50 AM - 23 Dec 2014
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      2. Dan Kaminsky‏Verified account @dakami 23 Dec 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker fear of AI is just transmuted fear of the underclass rising up and taking our jobs. Weird human universal being misapplied.

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      1. Tom Derandere‏ @TTDerandere 23 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @TIMEIdeas AI should be built on principles inspired by the Buddhist third noble truth - it should have no desires or attachments.

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      1. Ulrich Pfeffer‏ @Uli_Pfeffer 23 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @TIMEIdeas it's not a risk of AI but of how to humanize rationality

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      1. Daniel‏ @thebyxan 23 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker He doesn't adress the problem with superintelligence. Is nobody paying attention to Nick Bostroms work?http://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2014/aug/04/science-weekly-podcast-nick-bostrom-ai-artificial-intelligence …

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      2. midnattsvarg‏ @midnattsvarg 23 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker Never program AI to fear non-existence, and we'll be fine.

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      3. Ulrich Pfeffer‏ @Uli_Pfeffer 23 Dec 2014
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        @midnattsvarg @sapinker yet AI won't be programmed at all when it's true AI

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      1. Brett Hall‏ @ToKTeacher 23 Dec 2014
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        .@sapinker @TIMEIdeas If different rules for one General Intelligence (so "artificial" = run on silicon *or* not) this is *discrimination*.

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      1. Brett Hall‏ @ToKTeacher 23 Dec 2014
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        .@sapinker @TIMEIdeas *Make* it safe? A(General)I will b indistinguishable from human-I. So "make" safe latter=former. Else-racist. Serious.

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      1. Marco Costa‏ @mcostaenf 23 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @TIMEIdeas i wonder if AI concepts and technologies falls in the hands of a group like ISIL...

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      1. William Crawley‏ @williamcrawley 23 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker humanity's greatest extinction threat is ... Humanity.

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      1. Wade H Grimbly‏ @worldwidewade 23 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @TIMEIdeas this article sees no further than the end of its nose. AI Is like an alien invasion and we are saying "welcome!"

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      1. polyman71‏ @polyman71 23 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @TIMEIdeas "Great thinkers". Har.

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      1. palavering‏ @BillWardino 23 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker BTW, I'm reading Christopher Hitchens book about god. Wow. Great mind. RIP, Hitch. Steven, I've read some of yours 3 Xs.

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      1. Isabel Cañete‏ @belziscoming 23 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @TIMEIdeas what puzzles me is putting Elon Musk in the same bookshelf with Hawking. I'll take it as an act of kindness

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      1. Luis Guimarães‏ @luaudesigndf 23 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @TIMEIdeas 1) don't give it emotions 2) don't give it anything that does the same as emotions 3) did I say no emotions?

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      1. See @GodsAutopsyCom‏ @GodsAutopsyUS 23 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker @TIMEIdeas When we approach the gap between potential and actual threat, I think it is likely we will be the ones in control. #AI

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      1.  🤪 🤪 🤪 Maggs Naidu‏ @maggsnaidu 23 Dec 2014
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        @sapinker and the racism has to creep in, ne! "A kid in Africa with a smartphone ..." @TIMEIdeas http://time.com/3641921/dont-fear-artificial-intelligence/ …

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