Monday, September 15, 2025

Hopeful AI 4

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We're going into a new paradigm, according to most experts, where artificial intelligence reaches into all our lives. Opinions abound but nobody really knows all the effects it will have on us. Some are optimistic; many (including experts) are afraid.

Maybe there's "real world" reasons to be hopeful, to believe AI will not bring in dystopia.

Killer robots, for example, would require enormous amounts of power. "AI programs simply can’t run on your work computer, smartphone, self-driving car, smart appliance, or any kind of robot." 


Any disruption of our infrastructure could take it down: disruptions like another pandemic or a breakdown of the electrical grid or war. The development and maintenance of AI systems depends on all our other systems to function.

from "The Miracle and the Menace of AI"

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