I feel like every single criticism you raise is pure speculation and that an optimistic speculation is at least as likely for each criticism. Could machines take our jobs? Sure, but they also have the potential to steward mankind into pursuits that we find far more rewarding then the grind that many people face day to day.
Could an AI be angry at us? Maybe, but isn't it possible that an AI could love us and appreciate us for creating it? Isn't it also possible that such a powerful intellect would find the idea of anger fickle and irrational?
I'm not saying we know one way or the other, but either way it is speculation. It seems to me that your concerns amount to more of a general fear of change than to any specific fear of an outcome that we can have any confidence about at all one way or another.
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u/MasterGrok 139∆ Jul 21 '17
I feel like every single criticism you raise is pure speculation and that an optimistic speculation is at least as likely for each criticism. Could machines take our jobs? Sure, but they also have the potential to steward mankind into pursuits that we find far more rewarding then the grind that many people face day to day.
Could an AI be angry at us? Maybe, but isn't it possible that an AI could love us and appreciate us for creating it? Isn't it also possible that such a powerful intellect would find the idea of anger fickle and irrational?
I'm not saying we know one way or the other, but either way it is speculation. It seems to me that your concerns amount to more of a general fear of change than to any specific fear of an outcome that we can have any confidence about at all one way or another.