Artificial Intelligence And The Singularity Conference

The term “Artificial Intelligence or AI” is no longer an obscure term to us. Being surrounded by smart and intelligent devices in our everyday life has made us aware about this technical jargon called “Artificial Intelligence or AI”, which is used to refer to machine intelligence in the field of Computer Science. As artificial intelligence continues to progress, machines are becoming smarter and more efficient than human beings. So, people are getting more concerned and apprehensive regarding their jobs after witnessing their jobs being replaced by robots and machines. Artificial Intelligence replacing human jobs frequently gets media attention and it has been made a huge deal even though it is not. AI gradually taking all our jobs and destroying the economic system is just an absurd and exaggerated claim made by few media outlets and self-proclaimed tech pundits. On the contrary, AI has potential to help us to get better at our jobs and create more job opportunities in the long run.

Famous visionaries such as Bill Gates and Stephen Hawking share that belief as well. Bill Gates once stated that “First the machines will do a lot of jobs for us and not be super intelligent… A few decades after that though the intelligence is strong enough to be a concern.” Stephen Hawking’s has as a similar concern. He said that “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell out the end of the human race.” Both of their quotes are implying that artificial intelligence will help us out greatly but in the end it will kill us. Artificial intelligence isn’t built because we should but because we can. These famous visionaries have come to agree that AI will soon be the end of human

The developing knowledge of artificial intelligence is becoming a fear for scientists around the world because of the power it now holds. Stephen Hawking exclaims how technology will one day surpass human knowledge, “I believe there is no deep difference between what can be achieved by a biological brain and what can be achieved by a computer. It therefore follows that computers can, in theory, emulate human intelligence, and exceed it (Mialet).” As artificial knowledge perpetually grows, it harnesses the power to potentially destroy the human race by means of lethal autonomous intelligence.

Society today is greatly influenced by technology and the impact it has had within the past 20 years. One of the largest breakthroughs, though, is Artificial Intelligence (A.I.). The technology associated with A.I. has greatly developed in the past years, and is only making devices smarter. When someone mentions technology, or even the technological breakthroughs the world has gone through recently, many people go straight to smartphones and computers. A.I. is often overlooked, or put into a general category of "technology". Yet, artificial intelligence is something that should we not be so quick to dismiss, and should be something that gets people talking and even excited for what the future holds.

Technologies’ continuous advancement triggers suspicion and debates. The digital hold on humanity riddles society with misunderstandings and fear. The rapid progress of machines appear all over the media for the world to see. Before any valid opinions arise, one must consider a multitude of scientific and social factors. Despite the fear, Artificial Intelligence cannot replace the human brain and can coexist with humanity.

Nick Bostrom’s article for the Cambridge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence introduces Artificial Intelligence (AI), the process by which a computer performs a task that would typically require a human. He breaks down the incredibly broad field of Artificial Intelligence into four main categories: “Artificial General Intelligence” (3), “Machines with Moral Status” (6), “Minds with Exotic Properties” (9), and “Superintelligence” (14), describing the characteristics and ethical components of each section. Bostrom is the Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University and the “Director of the Future of Humanity Institute within the Oxford Martin School” (18) with more than 200 publications centered around the risk of Artificial Intelligence on

The development of artificial intelligence (AI) has progressed through today’s modern society and is becoming more prevalent. AI is a manmade program with processes which retrieve information to adjust the program to better fit the user. Historically, American society’s image of AI has developed using literary works and the film industry in order for most people to get an exaggerated explanation of AI. For example, in Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, Doctor Victor Frankenstein creates a monster that becomes increasingly capable of feelings and develops by learning from others. The novel itself has been interpreted multiple times, yet this monster is still considered as AI due to the monster learning information to become a more humanlike being. Mary Shelly’s novel is one literary piece that has slowly developed the image of AI in society. Today, technology is becoming more advanced as independent companies are creating and developing their new, unique ideas. Automobile companies, such as The Ford Motor Company, are currently in the process of creating self-driving vehicles, implementing AI into cars. These cars are becoming more developed and advertised within American communities, and the cars are the topic of debate within the scientific and ethical-based philosophical communities. As society continues to develop AI, humans are becoming more obsolete. When people become more obsolete, they become unable to contribute to society due to the lack of activity. This is an issue that

Technological singularity is the hypothetical period when artificial intelligence has progressed to the point of surpassing human intelligence, resulting in radical changes of civilization and human nature [6]. The ongoing acceleration of technology is the implication and inevitable result of what futurist and scientist Ray Kurzweil calls the Law of Accelerating Return, which described acceleration and the exponential growth of the products of an evolutionary process. The singularity is the inexorable result of the law of accelerating returns [1].

In today’s world, technology is always advancing to become a more necessary part of our everyday life. It makes our days very much easier when we have a small device in our hands, that holds so much information and allows us to perform tasks that back then, we would need multiple devices. Competition drives these advancements and every time we get a new product, we can never think of how technology could get better. Then all of a sudden, they find a way to make it better. So we are never satisfied with what we have, when it comes to technology. There is still a goal these creators have in mind that will truly be the ultimate technological advance, something that will be created with the idea of making the world a better place. That creation is Artificial intelligence or AI for short.

Leading AI researchers and engineers believe that those who favor regulation of AI negate the benefits it has been giving to society. Furthermore, they argue that the future of this technology be celebrated and eagerly anticipated rather than feared. John Giannandrea, the senior vice president of engineering at Google, reinstates this by describing any hysteria towards AI is “unwarranted and borderline irresponsible.”(Source #1) He uses the term “irresponsible” for the people who perpetuate this worry while holding large influence amongst the public. He goes on to say that “the people who don’t understand the technology get very concerned rather than focusing on the benefits of AI.” (Source #1) Giannadrea suggests that the atmosphere

Today we are living in a second renaissance, because of the wide spread of knowledge about our world. With knowledge spreading like fire, new and better technology has transformed our society, such as communication, transportation, and weaponry systems. Through the field of engineering, now AI (known as artificial intelligence) is next in line to transform our society. In the American society robots have taken a bad rap, because of the belief that robots will take over jobs. Negative views over artificial intelligence can be even seen in movies such as “The Terminator”. But however the truth about artificial intelligence is that it is beneficial for the future of our society because it will create new and better jobs, it also will better our living conditions, and will impact the power of America in our world.

While human are benefiting much from our 21st century Information Technology Revolution, technology revolution such as creation of robotics could be a disaster to our human race rather than a blessing. According to the world economic forum (Torkington, 2016), there are high potential of AI, robotics, nanotechnology and other socio-economic factors that would replace human workers, causing human to lose their jobs in the next ten years. My thesis focus much on the prediction of the killer robot era, whereby other than the increasing unemployment rate coming in our near future, it was predictable that robots could be surpassing human intelligence in the next fifty years and thus creating much worse outcome for human world. On this paper, we will be looking at the evidences pointing towards the direction of the possible creation of killer robots in the near future.

Artificial Intelligence is a topic within the public media that has existed for decades, but is now a concern due to the reality of human advancement and innovation in the field of science and technology. Many people believe that computers will become self-aware or sentient and view humanity as a disposable resource and gain supremacy. Reasoning that research on the technology should halt and not become more advance. Whereas others believe they will help catapult research and the economy forward, supporting the operations and innovations the technology offers. The complicated and divided solutions to the debate aren’t obvious, but there are more benefits to improving artificial intelligence than there is stopping it. Therefore, the negative effects people believe will occur can be resolved.

Lately, artificial intelligence has been very much the hot topic in Silicon Valley and the broader tech scene. To those of us involved in that scene it feels like an incredible momentum is building around the topic, with all kinds of companies building A.I. into the core of their business. There has also been a rise in A.I.-related university courses which is seeing a wave of extremely bright new talent rolling into the employment market. But this is not a simple case of confirmation bias - interest in the topic has been on the rise since mid-2014.

Most experts agree that Artificial Intelligence is on the increase in various fields. It has become one of the most controversial scientific issues of the twenty-first century. It raises the unemployment rate, workers will not find enough jobs for them and some of them may lose their work. As a result of technology, according to Wilson, Daugherty and Bianzino (2017), "The threat that automation will eliminate a broad swath of jobs across the world economy is now well established. As Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems become ever more