COKid Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Dismissing the implications of highly intelligent machines could be humankind's "worst mistake in history", write astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, computer scientist Stuart Russell, and physicists Max Tegmark and Frank Wilczek in the Independent. "Self-aware" machines have received the Hollywood treatment in the Johnny Depp film Transcendence, but the subject should receive serious consideration, they say. Successfully creating artificial intelligence would be "the biggest event in human history", they write, and the possible benefits for everyday human life are enormous. There could come a time, however, when machines outpace human achievement. If and when that day arrives, they wonder, will the best interest of humans still factor into their calculations? "One can imagine such technology outsmarting financial markets, out-inventing human researchers, out-manipulating human leaders, and developing weapons we cannot even understand," they write. "Whereas the short-term impact of AI depends on who controls it, the long-term impact depends on whether it can be controlled at all." And what are we humans doing to address these concerns, they ask. Nothing. "All of us should ask ourselves what we can do now to improve the chances of reaping the benefits and avoiding the risks," they conclude. A while back, we wondered about the implications of machine journalists. But maybe we should just be thankful that at least something will be around to write long-form essays on the last days of humankind. http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27260080 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thechronic Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Does Stephen Hawking count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Does Stephen Hawking count? He's one of the worlds leading theoretical physicists and about a billion times smarter than anyone on this forum. Of course he counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thechronic Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 He's one of the worlds leading theoretical physicists and about a billion times smarter than anyone on this forum. Of course he counts. It was just a terrible joke :pinch: "Beware smart machines" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Professor Speak'n'Spell :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 He's one of the worlds leading theoretical physicists and about a billion times smarter than anyone on this forum. Of course he counts. And he's a huge fan of Star Trek, Doctor Who and Red Dwarf :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk. Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Abraham Lincoln President USA 128 Adolf Hitler Nazi leader Germany 141 Al Gore Politician USA 134 Albert Einstein Physicist USA 160 Albrecht von Haller Medical scientist Switzerland 190 Alexander Pope Poet & writer England 180 Sir Andrew J. Wiles Mathematician England 170 Andrew Jackson President USA 123 Andy Warhol Pop artist USA 86 Anthonis van Dyck Painter Dutch 155 Antoine Arnauld Theologian France 190 Arne Beurling Mathematician Sweden 180 Arnold Schwarzenegger Actor/politician Austrian 135 Baruch Spinoza Philosopher Holland 175 Benjamin Franklin Writer, scientist & politician USA 160 Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Israel 180 Bill Gates CEO, Microsoft USA 160 Bill (William) Jefferson Clinton President USA 137 Blaise Pascal Mathematician & religious philosopher France 195 Bobby Fischer Chess player USA 187 Buonarroti Michelangelo Artist, poet & architect Italy 180 Carl von Linn Botanist Sweden 165 Charles Darwin Naturalist England 165 Charles Dickens Writer England 180 Christopher Michael Langan Bouncer & scientist & philosopher USA 195 Sir Clive Sinclair Inventor England 159 David Hume Philosopher & politician Scotland 180 Dr David Livingstone Explorer & doctor Scotland 170 Donald Byrne Chess Player Irland 170 Emanuel Swedenborg thologian/scientist/philosopher Sweden 205 Sir Francis Galton Scientist & doctor British 200 Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling Philosopher Germany 190 Galileo Galilei Physicist & astronomer & philosopher Italy 185 Geena (Virginia) Elizabeth Davis Actress USA 140 Georg Friedrich H?ndel Composer Germany 170 George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Philosopher Germany 165 George Berkeley Philosopher Ireland 190 George H. Choueiri A.C.E Leader Lebanon 195 George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) Writer England 160 George Sand (Amantinr Aurore Lucile Dupin) Writer France 150 George Walker Bush President USA 125 George Washington President USA 118 Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz philospher / scientist / lawyer Germany 205 Hans Dolph Lundgren Actor Sweden 160 Hans Christian Andersen writer / poet Denmark 145 Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton US Politician USA 140 Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht President of the Reichsbank / Nazi Officer Germany 143 Honor? de Balzac (Honore Balzac) Writer / novelist France 155 Hugo Grotius (Huig De Groot) Jurist Holland 200 Hypatia of Alexandria Philosopher & mathematician Alexandria 170 Immanuel Kant Philosopher Germany 175 Sir Isaac Newton Scientist England 190 Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Composer Germany 165 James Cook Explorer England 160 James Watt Physicist & technician Scotland 165 James Howard Woods Actor USA 180 Jayne Mansfield USA 149 Jean Marie Auel Writer Finland/ America 140 Jodie Foster Actor USA 132 Johann Sebastian Bach Composer Germany 165 Johann Strauss Composer Germany 170 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Germany 210 Johannes Kepler Mathematician, physicist & astronomer Germany 175 John Adams President USA 137 John F. Kennedy Ex-President USA 117 John H. Sununu Chief of Staff for President Bush USA 180 John Quincy Adams President USA 153 John Stuart Mill Universal Genius England 200 JohnLocke Philosopher England 165 Jola Sigmond Teacher Sweden 161 Jonathan Swift Writer & theologian England 155 Joseph Haydn Composer Austria 160 Joseph Louis Lagrange Mathematician & astronomer Italy/France 185 Judith Polgar Chess player Hungary 170 Kim Ung-Yong Korea 200 Kimovitch Garry Kasparov Chess player Russia 190 Leonardo da Vinci Universal Genius Italy 220 Lord Byron Poet & writer England 180 Louis Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor France 145 Ludwig van Beethoven Composer Germany 165 Ludwig Wittgenstein Philosopher Austria 190 Madame de Stael Novelist & philosopher France 180 Madonna Singer USA 140 Marilyn vos Savant Writer USA 186 Martin Luther Theorist Germany 170 Miguel de Cervantes Writer Spain 155 Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomer Poland 160 Nicole Kidman Actor USA 132 Paul Allen Microsoft cofounder USA 160 Philip Emeagwali Mathematician Nigeria 190 Phillipp Melanchthon Humanist & theologian Germany 190 PierreSimon de Laplace Astronomer & mathematician France 190 Plato Philosopher Greece 170 Ralph Waldo Emerson Writer USA 155 Raphael Artist Italy 170 Rembrandt van Rijn Artist Holland 155 Ren Descartes Mathematician & philosopher France 185 Richard Nixon Ex-President USA 143 Richard Wagner Composer Germany 170 Robert Byrne Chess Player Irland 170 Rousseau Writer France 150 Sarpi Councilor & theologian & historian Italy 195 Shakira Singer Colombia 140 Sharon Stone Actress USA 154 Sofia Kovalevskaya Mathematician & writer Sweden/Russia 170 Stephen W. Hawking Physicist England 160 Thomas Chatterton Poet & writer England 180 Thomas Jefferson President USA 138 Thomas Wolsey Politician England 200 Truman Cloak 165 Ulysses S. Grant President USA 110 Voltaire Writer France 190 William James Sidis USA 200 William Pitt (the Younger) Politician England 190 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Austria 165 Asia Carrera Actress & pianist USA 165 http://aceviper.net/estimated_iq_of_famous_people.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Windows XP will save us from the Rise of the Machines. :shiftyninja: Phouchg 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anibal P Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Seems that lately his publicist is trying to desperately keep him relevant, but is failing with these crazy statements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789A Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 That's why I stopped using Google. When the Terminator came back in time to 1984, he found Sarah Connor using the phone book. If she just had an unlisted number she'd be fine. If Google has no record of me, the Google Terminators will not be able to find me either. szo and Phouchg 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacoe Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 http://aceviper.net/estimated_iq_of_famous_people.php How accurate can the test have been over such a wide range of time? If it wasn't the exact same test, I believe it's unfair to rank everyone's IQ on that list. Aside from that, the IQ test has been proven to be a less than perfect way of determining intelligence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient#Relation_between_IQ_and_intelligence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 http://aceviper.net/estimated_iq_of_famous_people.php You realise the so called "Intelligence Quotient" is just a rough measure of a persons general knowledge, and has little to do with actual intelligence, right? Also, that's an estimated list. Or to translate, pure guesswork and therefore, balls. Lord Method Man and xendrome 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 We learned to beware of smart machines from Star Trek, the original series -- long ago. All Hawkings is talented doing is copying the ideas of others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macoman Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Stephen W. Hawking Physicist England 160 Asia Carrera Actress & pianist USA 165 I didn't know that an ex porno star was smarter than Hawking... Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropheed Veteran Posted May 4, 2014 Veteran Share Posted May 4, 2014 I have a clinically tested IQ at a relatively large number and I'm a freak'n moron. Also, my 'internet' IQ is more than 30 points lower, I don't know how that works lol. IQ is a zero indicator of anything in my opinion. Edit: Removed figures, they weren't relevant and seemed conceited. Hum 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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