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What if A.I. Sentience Is a Question of Degree?
Despite the relentless hype, I think AI overall is underhyped. The long-term effects of AI will affect our society to a greater degree than electricity and fire, but its full effects will take centuries to play out. That means that we’ll be arguing, discussing, and wrangling with the changes brought about by AI for the next 10 decades. Because AI
... See moreNoah Smith • Interview: Kevin Kelly, Editor, Author, and Futurist
More than a penchant for suffering, and more than a need to challenge ourselves, humans are a species that can adapt. In times of flux and epochal change, there’s often a peculiar strain of natural law among nervous, conservative minds — the “natural” way of man is right, so don’t meddle with it. This strain was there when we developed immunization... See more
Jonny Thomson • Philosopher Nick Bostrom's predictions on life in an AI utopia
