The rapid evolutions of Artificial intelligence have reared a load of discussions; where some of its proponents are finding it immensely powerful to solve major social and health issues, there are other tech leaders and renowned scientists notifying its terrible warnings. The critics warned about the alarming situations, and have gone so far as to declare it “dangerous than nuke”, “biggest existential threat”, “a fundamental risk to the existence of human civilization.” and “it can end mankind”. Pondering upon the criticality of these cautions, it’s time to put aside bitmojis and focus on the depth of the matter. Read More

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When discussing Artificial Intelligence (AI), a common debate is whether AI is an existential threat. The answer requires understanding the technology behind Machine Learning (ML), and recognizing that humans have the tendency to anthropomorphize.  We will explore two different types of AI,  Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI) which is available now and is cause for concern, and the threat which is most commonly associated with apocalyptic renditions of AI which is Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

… With its focus on whatever operation it is responsible for, ANI systems are unable to use generalized learning in order to take over the world. That is the good news; the bad news is that with its reliance on a human operator the AI system is susceptible to biased data, human error, or even worse, a rogue human operator. Read More