If we could, should we develope AI?

[Septimus]

What do you think of these scenarios presented in stuff like The Matrix or I, Robot, in which true AI has been invented? Would we take a clear risk, inventing it, as it would inevitably evolve beyond our control? Or is it the next step in evolution?

True AI would be truely interesting if invented, though it could evolve in an extraordinary rate, beyond our control. If you could give a person the calculatory speed of a computer, you'd start seeing a lot of interesting stuff happening with the psyche. Some people mean computers are the next step in evolutioin. It could be, but most people that say this are quasi-scientists that are merely hoping, and don't really see the logical bounderies if their statement.

True AI is hard to distinguish from really well made artificial AI, which I think will be the next step. We could do really interesting stuff if someone sat down and make a really complex AAI, and releasing that in a game would irrevocably lead to unlimited possibilities. So I think I can settle for that first.

I don't think AI going 'out of control' is a far-fetched scenario. It would probably be based on humans, which are evolutionistic, which, even if we didn't expect it, may start caring for its own being. And if an AI could update itself, it could really do some fascinating stuff on it's own, which may be "out of control" or unpredicted stuff.

[retrospect.]

personally robots should never have emotions or human qualities. thats when they kill everyone.
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[Ujitsuna]

The scenario painted in The Matrix scares the hell out of me, but that is just fantasy. Although other than for helping and maybe caring for humans or doing their jobs, I don't see why we'd need to make robots that do everything humans can.

[Gil-galad]

If it was true artificial intelligence-- then I honestly don't think we have any more to worry about these machines than we do of the people around us. As long as we don't make AI so vastly superior to ourselves, we should be safe. heh. That's not to say we should limit the development of our machine's computer powers-- by all means they're developing computers now that surpass the computing power of the human mind (or so I saw in the now-famous "Shift Happens" video), so it should be fine so long as we keep these much more powerful new machines from any sort of form where they can cause physical or infrastructural harm to us.

To be honest, I don't think we'd be in any more danger from machines that we are in from ourselves. Especially because this artificial intelligence is based on our intelligence.
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[Septimus]

[Gil-galad]

If you're not afraid of the dangers of humanity, then you shouldn't be too afraid of the dangers that AI pose. If you are afraid of the dangers of humanity, then... well, you're already afraid so what difference does it make?
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[retrospect.]

[Loran Cehack]

What purpose would AI have in killing us? It's not as if they'd have a reason to. Unless, of course, we grossly abused them in such a way (which would be pretty typical of us) that we'd probably deserve it if they turned on us.
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[Drizzt]

I'd have to simply agree with Hayashi Ujitsuna, but more to the point of once we have true or more reliable AI, that's when 99.9% of the population of the planet kindly lose their jobs; for legitimate reasons of coarse (businesses wouldn't want the Robot Unions on their asses.)

Seriously though (I've just been watching the Matrix and the first Resident Evil movie) I think this concept is just too dangerous which may outweigh the benefit. My true reasons mostly revolve around how computers pretty much lose a lot of people jobs every day. In Printing (my trade) the folk who make plates (which are used to transfer the image being printed) used to be done by a whole team of people. Now it's done by just one or two people each 24 hour period. Productive and good-business, yes, but overall just bad for the folk who rely on the money the job makes. :wink:
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[ThricebornPhoenix]