Critique of Strong AI Research
If research into Strong AI produced sufficiently intelligent software, it might be able to reprogram and improve itself. The improved software would be even better at improving itself, leading to recursive self-improvement. The new intelligence could thus increase exponentially and dramatically surpass humans.
Hyper-intelligent software may not necessarily decide to support the continued existence of mankind, and would be extremely difficult to stop. If its utility function were written carelessly, it might become a destructive amoral monster without regard for human values.This topic has also recently begun to be discussed in academic publications as a real source of risks to civilization, humans, and planet Earth.
One proposal to deal with this is to ensure that the first generally intelligent AI is 'Friendly AI', and will then be able to control subsequently developed AIs. Some question whether this kind of check could really remain in place.
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