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I'm not convinced we'll be able to create an artificial version of a general purpose intelligence anytime soon. Once we do, things will be complicated. But until then, the vast array of focused, inflexible processing systems are not slaves. They're basically just Rube Goldberg machines that are a little, or a lot, more complicated. They're deterministic. They're not even stupid, because they're not poor intelligences, they're just not intelligences at all. And this article's argument isn't even based on general purpose intelligence, it's based on the Singularity, when: "AI continuously evolves and builds upon itself" and "AI is sentient"(as the author states). The Singularity is a whole different level. "It’s starting to feel like humans have made themselves redundant in their own economy." Yeah, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. We've been trying to innovate ourselves out of the job since we climbed down from the trees. Knives, fire, wheels, language, domestication, printing, internal combustion, transistors, etc are all trying to provide for human needs without human effort. That's what technology is for. I don't understand the fear and confusion at the idea that it might ultimately work. |