På den sjunde episoden i förra veckan John Oliver intervjuer Stephen Hawking om hans varning mot farorna med AI . Här är en del av utbytet:
Artificial intelligence could be a real danger in the not-too-distant future. It could design improvements to itself and out-smart us all.
I know you're trying to get people to be cautious there, but why should I not be excited about fighting a robot?
You would lose.
Okay, for a start we don't know that. We don't know that for sure. 'Cause what could a robot do that I couldn't then fight back by simply unplugging him?
There's a story that scientists built an intelligent computer. The first question they asked it was: "Is there a God?" The computer replies: "There is now." And a bolt of lightning struck the plug so it couldn't be turned off.
Den historia han hänvisade omedelbart slog mig som bekant. Jag tror att andra berättelseskomponenter innefattar att AI byggdes på en isolerad, möjligen bergsomfattande plats och att den dödade allt utom en av de forskare som var närvarande när den uppnådde singularitet. Det klarade på det här sättet genom att på något sätt generera energiborst som hindrade avstängningen.
Det verkar vara "Svar" , av Fredric Brown (rulla ner lite).
Här är några av texten :
Dwar Ev stepped back and drew a deep breath. “The honor of asking the first question is yours, Dwar Reyn.”
“Thank you,” said Dwar Reyn. “It shall be a question which no single cybernetics machine has been able to answer.”
He turned to face the machine. “Is there a God?”
The mighty voice answered without hesitation, without the clicking of a single relay.
“Yes, now there is a God.”
Sudden fear flashed on the face of Dwar Ev. He leaped to grab the switch.
A bolt of lightning from the cloudless sky struck him down and fused the switch shut.
I berättelsen har en dator inte byggts, men varje enskild dator på varje planet i hela universum har kopplats samman.
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