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<blockquote data-quote="Ayasano" data-source="post: 79195" data-attributes="member: 4804"><p>As a transhumanist, the next few decades are looking to be a very exciting time. I wouldn't worry too much about the whole machines vs. humans thing though. One of the areas getting the most focus among civillian researchers is how to make sure that when the first superintelligences emerge, they'll be what's known as "friendly AI". (Military research is another thing entirely, but their focus is not on superintelligences, and you can't create one of those by accident, so the scope of harm is relatively small) Another is making sure we can keep up with said superintelligences when the time comes.</p><p></p><p>A couple of good websites to look at for information on AI/robotics research are <a href="http://intelligence.org/" target="_blank">MIRI</a> and <a href="http://lesswrong.com/" target="_blank">LessWrong</a>. And don't forget <a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/en_us" target="_blank">Motherboard</a> for the occasional news piece. LessWrong isn't just about AI, it's mostly about promoting rationality. I wish more people would take the information there to heart, because we'd have a lot less problems if they did. </p><p></p><p>I've also been reading a very interesting book recently, "<a href="http://www.singularity.com/" target="_blank">The Singularity is Near</a>" by Ray Kurzweil. With the advent of the quatum computer, I'd probably peg the Singularity as being much closer than people assume, even him. Maybe another 20 or 30 years? We have all the hardware we need now, it's just a software problem, and even that is remarkably close to being solved, just look at <a href="http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/141926-spaun-the-most-realistic-artificial-human-brain-yet" target="_blank">SPAUN</a>. (And keep in mind this thing is 2 years old and runs on conventional computers!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ayasano, post: 79195, member: 4804"] As a transhumanist, the next few decades are looking to be a very exciting time. I wouldn't worry too much about the whole machines vs. humans thing though. One of the areas getting the most focus among civillian researchers is how to make sure that when the first superintelligences emerge, they'll be what's known as "friendly AI". (Military research is another thing entirely, but their focus is not on superintelligences, and you can't create one of those by accident, so the scope of harm is relatively small) Another is making sure we can keep up with said superintelligences when the time comes. A couple of good websites to look at for information on AI/robotics research are [URL='http://intelligence.org/']MIRI[/URL] and [URL='http://lesswrong.com/']LessWrong[/URL]. And don't forget [URL='http://motherboard.vice.com/en_us']Motherboard[/URL] for the occasional news piece. LessWrong isn't just about AI, it's mostly about promoting rationality. I wish more people would take the information there to heart, because we'd have a lot less problems if they did. I've also been reading a very interesting book recently, "[URL='http://www.singularity.com/']The Singularity is Near[/URL]" by Ray Kurzweil. With the advent of the quatum computer, I'd probably peg the Singularity as being much closer than people assume, even him. Maybe another 20 or 30 years? We have all the hardware we need now, it's just a software problem, and even that is remarkably close to being solved, just look at [URL='http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/141926-spaun-the-most-realistic-artificial-human-brain-yet']SPAUN[/URL]. (And keep in mind this thing is 2 years old and runs on conventional computers!) [/QUOTE]
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