Tagged: AI

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Global risks and strategies for superintelligence - Guest Work

Guest Author • May 28, 2017 •

The following is a synopsis of a presentation last week by a Wellington business strategy consultant, David Miller. He expressed deep concerns about the nature and extent of global risks of future superintelligence. Miller’s presentation  was part of Hutt City Council’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Manufacturing and Mathematics (STEMM) Festival. The arrival of superintelligence is probably still several decades … Read More

Featured image: To serve and protect? Strategies for an artificially super-intelligent future

To serve and protect? Strategies for an artificially super-intelligent future - Stick

Guest Author • May 11, 2017 •

Guest post from David Miller, Vantage Consulting We need to be thinking about the long-term risks of super-intelligence. Next week I’ll be giving a talk on this as part of the Hutt STEMM Festival.  It’s an area I’ve had a keen interest in for several years. Despite not having any domain expertise in the technical disciplines associated with artificial … Read More

Featured image: What’s around the corner? Sciblogs Horizon Scan

What’s around the corner? Sciblogs Horizon Scan - News

John Kerr • Jan 30, 2017 •

What does the future hold in store for New Zealand science? What are the big issues our small, isolated country will face in a world of accelerating change? Over last two weeks we’ve seen some excellent commentary from New Zealand researchers contributing to our Sciblogs Horizon Scan special series. We asked experts across the spectrum of New Zealand science to … Read More

Featured image: ‘Smart robots’ and the law

‘Smart robots’ and the law - Guest Work

Guest Author • Jan 22, 2017 •

By Associate Professor Colin Gavaghan, Director of the New Zealand Law Foundation Centre for Law and Policy in Emerging Technologies, University of Otago The European Parliament’s Draft Report on Robotics has certainly captured the public imagination, and it’s easy to see why. Proposals about ‘smart robots,’ ‘robot killswitches’ and ‘electronic persons’ perfectly capture the zeitgeist, where talk of … Read More

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Thinking about machines that “Think” - Ariadne

Robert Hickson • Jan 19, 2017 •

The biggest futurist thing for me this last year has been the progress and hype around artificial intelligence. Three quotes encapsulate the current state of artificial intelligence, and aspects of its future over the short term. Stephen Hawking made a Dickensian AI gambit with his quote:  Artificial Intelligence is “either the … Read More

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AI, why? - Ariadne

Robert Hickson • Oct 14, 2016 •

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere these days, especially in opinion pieces and reports to or from governments. It’s almost like you need IBM Watson Analytics to keep up with it all. Here’s a sampling from the last week or so. Venture Capitalist Marc Andreessen notes that it’s a new architecture not just a new feature. Andrew Ng, chief … Read More