The Perils of Mythical AI
No, the machines aren't coming alive, and believing they will is culturally dangerous
A piece on the existential risk brouhaha. I hope you enjoy.
Erik J. Larson
The field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) launched auspiciously at the now-famous Dartmouth Conference in 1956. From the outset, the pioneers of AI—then mathematicians, economists, or from other academic fields—viewed the new field as an opportunity to finally make good on a longst…
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