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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 20 Apr 2016

    One (of many) reason(s) why Artificial Intelligence won't kill us all: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/04/the_philosophical_argument_against_artificial_intelligence_killing_us_all.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top … via @slate

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      2. Sune Jakobsen‏ @SuneKJakobsen 20 Apr 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Disagreeing w @sapinker is usually a strong sign that you are wrong, but this article can't change my mind:

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      3. Sune Jakobsen‏ @SuneKJakobsen 20 Apr 2016
        Replying to @SuneKJakobsen

        @sapinker It assumes that AI would be more similar to you and I than psychopaths are to us (wrt morality). No reason to think so

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      2. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 20 Apr 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @Slate I'm not very afraid of AI but I also don't think AI has to evolve or that value functions can't be programmed directly.

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      3. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 20 Apr 2016
        Replying to @Intrinsic29

        @sapinker @Slate The claim that 'qualia' is a prerequisite for valuing certain states of the world also seems completely unsubstantiated.

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      4. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 20 Apr 2016
        Replying to @Intrinsic29

        @sapinker @Slate Also, if he merely means AI has to 'learn,' that can be (and is, often) done in simulated games/worlds in AI research.

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      1. Patric Holm‏ @patricholm 20 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker Isn't this article misunderstanding Bostrom's reasoning? @FHIOxford

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      1. Miroslav Hundak‏ @FenringH 20 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @Slate This article neatly points to, IMHO, one of the most overlooked issues with "malevolent" AI idea: lack of motivation.

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      1. ישוע השטן‏ @EamDominus 20 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @Slate AI is basically a psychopath; intelligence wo ability to empathize. Article seems to entirely miss that crucial fact

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      2. Noel Plum‏ @noelplum 20 Apr 2016
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        I agreed with this kind of thinking until I read Superintelligence. Not so sure now. A super AI may be incredibly deceptive @sapinker

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      1. Jessica Yurasek‏ @missjessrose 20 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @Slate don't humans also think we won't kill our species, but yet--climate change? The trouble with AI is unintended consequences.

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      1. Anakreontas Mentis‏ @AnakreontasM 20 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @Slate A virus doesn't want to kill us but it might. A CPU doesn't want to exist but it will work for the goals set by a program

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      2. 𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣‏ @pravengov 20 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @Slate absolute power easily courupts the most benevolent of men, hence we dislike dictators. Why would a moral AGI be immune?

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      3. Atheist (2008)‏ @yanderiction 20 Apr 2016
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        @pravengov @sapinker @Slate because we wont be dumb enough to build human-like AIs that have feelings and emotions. I hope.

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      4. MugaSofer‏ @MugaSofer 21 Apr 2016
        Replying to @yanderiction

        @yanderiction @pravengov @sapinker @Slate Yet this is exactly the course of action this article claims we *must* follow!

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      2. Soferio‏ @Soferio 20 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @Slate A pre-programmed 'objective' (e.g Bostrom's paperclip example) eliminates the need for qualia or feelings.

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      1. Brandon Wilson‏ @brandonwilson 21 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @slate Definitive tone is beyond unwarranted. The author doesn't even seem to have read Superintelligence. Caution is rational.

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      1. Vaibhav Gadodia‏ @whoisvaibhav 20 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @Slate If an AI got evolved enough so that it would comply with human morals, it could also become evil. And be good at it. No?

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