Calculations Suggest It'll Be Impossible to Control a Super-Intelligent AI
/ by DAVID NIELD, 5 NOVEMBER 2021 /
The idea of artificial intelligence overthrowing humankind has been talked about for many decades,
and in January 2021, scientists delivered their verdict on whether we'd be able to control
a high-level computer super-intelligence. The answer? Almost definitely not.
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The catch is that controlling a super-intelligence far beyond human comprehension
would require a simulation of that super-intelligence which we can analyze.
But if we're unable to comprehend it, it's impossible to create such a simulation.
"A super-intelligent machine that controls the world sounds like science fiction," said computer
scientist Manuel Cebrian, from the Max-Planck Institute for Human Development.
"But there are already machines that perform certain important tasks independently
without programmers fully understanding how they learned it."
"The question therefore arises whether this could at some point become
uncontrollable and dangerous for humanity."
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/ by DAVID NIELD, 5 NOVEMBER 2021 /
The idea of artificial intelligence overthrowing humankind has been talked about for many decades,
and in January 2021, scientists delivered their verdict on whether we'd be able to control
a high-level computer super-intelligence. The answer? Almost definitely not.
------
The catch is that controlling a super-intelligence far beyond human comprehension
would require a simulation of that super-intelligence which we can analyze.
But if we're unable to comprehend it, it's impossible to create such a simulation.
"A super-intelligent machine that controls the world sounds like science fiction," said computer
scientist Manuel Cebrian, from the Max-Planck Institute for Human Development.
"But there are already machines that perform certain important tasks independently
without programmers fully understanding how they learned it."
"The question therefore arises whether this could at some point become
uncontrollable and dangerous for humanity."
Calculations Suggest It'll Be Impossible to Control a Super-Intelligent AI
The idea of artificial intelligence overthrowing humankind has been talked about for many decades, and in January 2021, scientists delivered their verdict on whether we'd be able to control a high-level computer super-intelligence.
www.sciencealert.com
