SKYNETis a fictional artificial general intelligence thats responsible for the creation of the killer robots from theTerminatorfilm franchise.
In real life, you cant punch an algorithm.
It’s free, every week, in your inbox.
And,based on this interview, theres some scary shit headed our way.
Facebooks very existence is a danger to humanity.
It represents a business entity with more power than the governing body of the nation in which its incorporated.
The US government has taken no meaningful steps to regulate Facebooks use of AI.
Facebooks AI has more influence over humankind than any other force in history.
The social web connection hasmore active monthly users than Christianity.
But its not just Amazon.
Our cars will soon be equipped withcloud-connected cameras purported to watch driversfor safety reasons.
We already have active microphones listening in all of our smart devices.
And were on the very cusp ofmainstreaming brain-computer-interfaces.
The next generation of surveillance tech, wearables, and AI-companions might eradicate the idea of personal privacy all-together.
Search engines and social media feed aggregators can kill a business or sink a news story.
Now,Googles bias is our bias.
Amazons bias determines which products we buy.
Microsoft and Apples bias determine what news we read.
And the inherent biases of each product dictate what they do and do not see.
Almost every facet of modern life is somehow promulgated via algorithmic bias.
Blaming the algorithms
AI doesnt have to actually do anything to harm humans.
All it has to do is exist and continue to be confusing to the mainstream.
Note, thats not the same thing as killer robots.
That you dont attack someone for the fear of retaliation and annihilation.
But autonomous weapons might be doable as a surprise attack.
And people might not even know who did it.
And we need to be cautious and figure out how to ban or regulate it.
