{"id":33207,"date":"2020-03-09T03:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T07:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cybercon1.com\/?p=33207"},"modified":"2020-03-09T03:50:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T07:50:00","slug":"is-artificial-intelligence-ai-a-threat-to-humans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/09\/is-artificial-intelligence-ai-a-threat-to-humans\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) A Threat To Humans?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bernard Marr<\/a> – Are artificial intelligence<\/strong> (AI<\/strong>) and superintelligent machines the best or worst thing that could ever happen to humankind? This has been a question in existence since the 1940s when computer scientist\u00a0Alan Turing<\/a>\u00a0wondered and began to believe that there would be a time when machines could have an unlimited impact on humanity through a process that mimicked evolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When Oxford University Professor\u00a0Nick Bostrom<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0best-seller,\u00a0Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies<\/em><\/a>\u00a0was first published in 2014, it struck a nerve at the heart of this debate with its focus on all the things that could go wrong. However, in my recent conversation with Bostrom, he also acknowledged there\u2019s an enormous upside to artificial intelligence technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the writing of Bostrom’s book in 2014, progress has been very rapid in artificial intelligence and machine and deep learning. Artificial intelligence <\/strong>is in the public discourse, and most governments have some sort of strategy or road map to address AI<\/strong>. In his book, he talked about AI being a little bit like children playing with a bomb that could go off at any time. Read On:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n