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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Feb 14

    Why AI won't kill us (neither as targets nor as collateral damage--the so called value alignment problem). Excerpt from the "Existential Risks" chapter of Enlightenment Now. http://pops.ci/Mv0w8G  via @PopSci

    5:37 PM - 14 Feb 2018
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      2. Kerry McCarthy‏ @Kezsez Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker @PopSci

        They don't need to outsmart us to be dangerous; programming in evolution via recursive self improvement - which is happening - allows for unplanned growth to occur in the event of say, coding mistakes, misinterpreted instructions, and logic-based decisions to deceive operators.

        3 replies 0 retweets 30 likes
      3. Cartopher‏ @are0pag1t1ca Feb 14
        Replying to @Kezsez @sapinker @PopSci

        “Coding mistakes” - sort of how cancer works

        1 reply 0 retweets 13 likes
      4. Kerry McCarthy‏ @Kezsez Feb 15
        Replying to @are0pag1t1ca @sapinker @PopSci

        Yeah totally - for me the danger of AI isn't that it'll become objectively smarter but that it's programming that mimics autonomy and self preservation...

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
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      2. Twisted Mentat Matt‏ @moridinamael Feb 15
        Replying to @sapinker @PopSci

        Every point made in this article is thoroughly rebutted by practically any sample of the existing literature on this topic.

        1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
      3. Twisted Mentat Matt‏ @moridinamael Feb 15
        Replying to @moridinamael @sapinker @PopSci

        “Technology makes things better, not worse!” Anthropic fallacy; failure to engage with the details of the problem domain; reasoning by analogy rather than specifics.

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. Twisted Mentat Matt‏ @moridinamael Feb 15
        Replying to @moridinamael @sapinker @PopSci

        “Why would they want to subjugate us?” Implicit anthropomorphization of machines, suggesting that they would have some innate hesitation about “inhumane” outcomes.

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      5. Twisted Mentat Matt‏ @moridinamael Feb 15
        Replying to @moridinamael @sapinker @PopSci

        “A lump of meat that consumes 20W of power can design airplanes and tomamaks but it’s absurd to think that a cluster of ASICs could ... uh ....“ I can’t even credibly steelman this one. Why assume brains are anything special?

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Roxane‏ @brigadam Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker @PopSci

        It’s paperclips all the way down.

        1 reply 1 retweet 14 likes
      3. Cartopher‏ @are0pag1t1ca Feb 14
        Replying to @brigadam @sapinker @PopSci

        Have you listened to @SamHarrisOrg on his latest podcast with @ESYudkowsky - he’s less sanguine. I don’t understand why though because he is far too intelligent for me to understand. 🤔

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Roxane‏ @brigadam Feb 14
        Replying to @are0pag1t1ca @sapinker and

        Oh, and yes, I listened to the podcast. It was the inspiration for my tweet.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Cartopher‏ @are0pag1t1ca Feb 14
        Replying to @brigadam @sapinker and

        He was using some big words.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Roxane‏ @brigadam Feb 14
        Replying to @are0pag1t1ca @sapinker and

        Yes, I managed though. Maybe because I’ve been doing some reading on it over the last year or so. It’s a fascinating topic, which throws up fascinating problems we haven’t addressed sufficiently & now may overtake us.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Cartopher‏ @are0pag1t1ca Feb 14
        Replying to @brigadam @sapinker and

        I just hope our new AI Overlords are nice to us. I’m treating my computer very politely these days. I no longer yell at it or hit it. Just saying ... (if you’re reading this in the future Master).

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8. Roxane‏ @brigadam Feb 14
        Replying to @are0pag1t1ca @sapinker and

        😂😂😂😂 Nasty or nice means at least they care. Indifference........

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Benjamin B‏ @BenjaminBeeBee Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker @nickgillespie @PopSci

        The author of this article is a robot! Wake up people ! They’re already among us.

        0 replies 0 retweets 15 likes
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      2. Bro, bro.........bro‏ @ItsJustMeHereOK Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker @PopSci

        Nuclear energy is good! And safe! Same with back surgery! Trust the experts! They ARE doctors after all! The experts are EXPERTS at seeing into the future!

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      3. Bernardo Seixas‏ @Be_seixas01 Feb 15
        Replying to @ItsJustMeHereOK @sapinker @PopSci

        Nuclear energy is indeed good and safe

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Bro, bro.........bro‏ @ItsJustMeHereOK Feb 15
        Replying to @Be_seixas01 @sapinker @PopSci

        Yes, but nuclear accidents, have proven to be the most catastrophic threat to biological life, short of only large asteroids striking earth

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Bernardo Seixas‏ @Be_seixas01 Feb 15
        Replying to @ItsJustMeHereOK @sapinker @PopSci

        No they haven't. Nuclear plants do not explode like atomic bombs. Ever.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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