Humans Need Not Apply
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Jerry Kaplan

Humans Need Not Apply - Wealth & work in the age of artificial intelligence

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Leandro Araujo
@jerry_kaplan I just remember a cover of Wired saying 'Artificial Intelligence is here. But it's nothing like we expected. 'Do you believe that our imagination about robots and AI is still very different from reality? Article for example, said that while we waited humanoids AI gave us algorithms to stock trade that nobody can see, but can have a big impact in business.
Jacqueline von Tesmar
Hey Jerry! What are the biggest misconceptions people have around artificial intelligence?
Jerry Kaplan
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@jacqvon That it's like human intelligence ... it's not. It's a different thing, and they really aren't comparable. As one pundit put it, "The question of whether machines can think is about as relevant as the question of whether submarines can swim." Also, that the robots are coming to get us. A more productive way to think about it is that automation is accelerating, and that will affect employment and inequality.
Melissa Joy Kong
Piggybacking on the question from @lejlahunts above, a number of movies have come out recently about robots/AI—most recently, Ex Machina. Has the evolution of AI (current and predicted) changed your understanding of human consciousness? Put another way: Do robots, like almost everything else created in the past 13.8 billion years, consist of more than the sum of their parts?
Jerry Kaplan
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@melissajoykong Oops, hit the wrong reply button again ... see my post "Wow great question..."
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That's an interesting perspective, I can kind of agree, although I do wonder whether in the future we'll need to pay for anything? Everything is essentially becoming free to us. What do you think? My only issue with AI, is ethics really. I'm not scared of AI, I am scared of people (governments) using it for the wrong reasons. For example self learning Ai, learning the internet and knowing all our online data and using it against us as a form of policing. Also, privacy feels like the new bottled water, that there is none, and to have it we'll need to pay. It can't all be doom and gloom, but with biotech emerging do you think that the singularity is becoming ever more so real? Are we looking at a life that is no longer threatened by mortality as we incorporate AI into ourselves?
Erik Torenberg
What can you say about Steve Jobs that's NOT in the Isaacson biography that needs to be?
Erik Torenberg
Let's give a HUGE thanks to @jerry_kaplan for taking the time to do an AMA with us, and let's all read his book together! just bought it. http://www.amazon.com/Humans-Nee...
Jamahl
Hey @jerry_kaplan - in your opinion what's the biggest threat(s) to the advancement (and vast adoption) of AI in the next 50 years?
Jerry Kaplan
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@jhm_uk We're likely to see an "AI Chernobyl" - not yet clear what or where that will be. That should put some caution into the process of adoption!
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