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The risk of putting our knowledge in the hands of machines (via The Atlantic)

As we transform ourselves into creatures of the screen, we face an existential question: Does our essence still lie in what we know, or are we now content to be defined by what we want? Here is an excellent article in The Atlantic on the risk of putting our knowledge in the hands of machines. … Continue reading "The risk of putting our knowledge in the hands of machines (via The Atlantic)"

Via Technology Review: most experts say AI isn’t as much of a threat as you might think – what do you think?

“Bostrom aggregates the results of four different surveys of groups such as participants in a conference called “Philosophy and Theory of AI,” held in 2011 in Thessaloniki, Greece, and members of the Greek Association for Artificial Intelligence (he does not provide response rates or the phrasing of questions, and he does not account for the reliance on data collected in Greece).

His findings are presented as probabilities that human-level AI will be attained by a certain time:

By 2022: 10 percent.

By 2040: 50 percent.

By 2075: 90 percent.”

Most experts say AI isn’t as much of a threat as you might think
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602410/are-the-experts-worried-about-the-existential-risk-of-artificial-intelligence/
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Google’s data centers with DeepMind-powered AI

In our category “good tech”, we applaud the news that DeepMind began applying its advanced AI to Google’s data centers, in order to find ways to reduce the company’s sizeable energy bill. Two years ago, Google spent over half a billion dollars for the London-based artificial intelligence startup DeepMind. Since then, the unit became an Atari gaming pro player and … Continue reading "Google’s data centers with DeepMind-powered AI"

My slides from Cognition (HfS) 2016 New York: digital ethics and the future of business

Here is the deck from today’s fabulous event in New York. Thanks to Phil Fersht for inviting me! digital-ethics-and-the-future-of-business-cognition-ny-gerd-futurist-public-web 11MB PDF Update: here is the MP3 audio recording, as well! Enjoy: Gerd is considered a leading voice on a wide range of topics including digital transformation and the discovery of digitally-native business models, the opportunities and … Continue reading "My slides from Cognition (HfS) 2016 New York: digital ethics and the future of business"

Technology Vs Humanity: Forbes intervista Gerd Leonhard. Nice Italian translation of my themes

“Tecnologia Vs Umanità: cosa ci aspetterà in futuro?

Dici che l'umanità cambierà più nei prossimi 20 anni rispetto ai 300 anni precedenti. Perché pensi che questo sia vero quando la maggior parte dei progressi tecnologici sembrano aver avuto poco a che fare con gli umani, piuttosto che l'effetto o i problemi che hanno creato agli umani stessi?

La tecnologia viene sempre creata dagli umani e a sua volta ridefinisce ciò che possiamo fare e che faremo. Ogni singolo cambiamento tecnologico ora sta impattando l'umanità in un modo più profondo rispetto al passato perché, presto, la tecnologia impatterà la nostra biologia, principalmente attraverso l'ascesa dell'editing del genoma e dell'intelligenza artificiale.”

Technology Vs Humanity: Forbes intervista Gerd Leonhard
https://www.controcorrenteblog.com/2016/09/technology-vs-humanity-forbes-intervista-gerd-leonhard.html
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