Posted on 09/05/2017 9:50:21 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Russian president Vladimir Putin has joined the war of words concerning the international race to develop artificial intelligence. Speaking to students last Friday, Putin predicted that whichever country leads the way in AI research will come to dominate global affairs.
“Artificial intelligence is the future, not only for Russia, but for all humankind,” said Putin, reports RT. “It comes with colossal opportunities, but also threats that are difficult to predict. Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world.”
The development of artificial intelligence has increasingly become a national security concern in recent years. It is China and the US (not Russia) which are seen as the two frontrunners, with China recently announcing its ambition to become the global leader in AI research by 2030. Many analysts warn that America is in danger of falling behind, especially as the Trump administration prepares to cut funding for basic science and technology research.
Although it’s thought that artificial intelligence will help boost countries’ economies in a number of areas, from heavy industry to medical research, AI technology will also be useful in warfare. Artificial intelligence can be used to develop cyber weapons, and control autonomous tools like drone swarms — fleets of low-cost quadcopters with a shared ‘brain’ that can be used for surveillance as well as attacking opponents.
Both China and the US are currently researching this technology, and in his speech on Friday, Putin predicted that future wars would be fought by countries using drones. “When one party's drones are destroyed by drones of another, it will have no other choice but to surrender,” said the Russian president, according to the Associated Press.
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who the heck what’s to be “ruler” of the world?
It’s a thankless job with everybody gunning for you.
What if AI ends-up spending its time watching cat videos and looking for porno?
All the Control Freaks (aka Sociopaths and Psychopaths) do.
History has shown that autocratic nations may be very good at applying very specific technologies to certain uses (particularly military), but they are crap at developing new and revolutionary technologies, particularly with economies of scale that come from applying them economy-wide.
I wonder how confident Putin really is that Russia can do this.
I’m sure it will, but it will have no emotional connection to it.
“Artificial” connotes something undesirable or inferior, except when it comes to AI.
My best guess is that I get off the planet before Skynet becomes aware.
5.56mm
will we know which country is developing sky net.
Bingo.
Who would want to be king of the world? Too much hassle.
Skynet, and its robotic servants, the Terminators, are even now under construction.
This is SO much more efficient than relying on biological life-forms to manage the resources of the earth, and the universe at large.
John Connor, they are coming for you, for your parents, for all of the human race.
It depends on what is done with the AI.
No, the leader of the world will be the one with the best hackers.
Sauron.
No. AI sounds like a downfall to me, because intelligence will only atrophy on humans from depending on computers to do the work.
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