She’s right though, we are unprepared. AIs will be another massive change to our society, like cars or the internet. There will be a before and an after. Even more so though because in the after we will share the world with things that might or might not want to share with us and have the ability to make it stick.
WhenHub SAFT (Simple Agreement for Future Tokens)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3606700/posts
“She’s right though, we are unprepared.”
She meant the left is unprepared to fully harness the power of AI for tyrannical purposes.
There is currently no support for the idea that mind is an emergent property of matter. It is rather an a priori assumption of the underpinning materialistic philosophy that has become associated with modern science.
On the other hand, there is strong evidence to support that the material world is an emergent property of mind.
The video link below demonstrates that conscious agent asymptotes create a pattern identical with the wave function of free particles. Moreover, when two or more conscious agents interact, the longterm state becomes entangled and behaves in the same way that laws in quantum physics dictate the behavior of quantum entangled particles.
Donald D. Hoffman, Professor of Cognitive Science University of California, has formalized a theory of consciousness that is testable and falsifiable:
https://youtu.be/qQTHbj9fYBU?t=1646
If this proves to be correct, this will probably have huge implications regarding what constitutes artificial intelligence that is beyond things like game theory, where the functionality of computer software represents true, autonomous, self-aware thought. It may require a lot more than simply increasing computational power, mimicking neurons, or designing the right software.
That being said, I do think it may be possible very soon to simulate human intelligence and beat humans at the turing test. And there are inherent risks to turning over ever-increasing control to such technology. But personally, I do not expect these risks to happen suddenly and spontaneously. The real danger is when wicked people are in power, the use of inventions and technologies become directed at evil outcomes.