Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Stephen Fry's warning to world leaders | The dangers of AI" video.

  1. Like any tech, A.I. can be used for good and bad and you can bet it will be used for both because that's human nature, but unlikely other tech we've invented, A.I. is very different, we've always created tech with a specific purpose in mind, A.I. is kinda like building a brain and the potential of what that could do for the human race is mind-blowing, especially as it advances, which it quickly is doing and we should remember that we are still in the early days of A.I. it's scary and exciting to think where it will be in the next 5, 10, 20 years from now. In any case, pandoras box is open with A.I. and there's no going back and like you said, we'll find ways to adapt to it, assuming it doesn't wipe us out at some point. As for A.I. and control, I've always felt that it would be dangerous for the human race for a few governments, corporations or individuals to control it, that would give them a massive advantage over the rest, but fortunately, we're seeing the big risk with that, hence the massive push on open source A.I. but that brings its own risk as it's a free for all, basically, we all have access to advanced A.I. and can do what we want with it, but given the alternative, I think the open source route is the best course of action, and hopefully the human race makes the right choices with it going forward. As for A.I. and its potential, it could elevate the human race to levels we can't imagine, and that is exciting and scary at the same time because we humans seem to be slow to adapting to change, at least most are, and once A.I. really starts taking hold, the pace of development is likely going to go through the roof in every sector. Personally, the way I see it, A.I. will assist humans in the work we do, but as it continues to get better and more capable, it's hard to not see that it's going to take jobs away at a level we've never seen before, and I know some people will say we'll create new jobs, but A.I. is different from any other tech we've created in that it can adapt to anything, in other words, any new job we create, chances are that A.I. and robotics is going to be able to do it better, faster and cheaper than we can, and considering how the capitalist system works, we could have a major problem in that there might not be enough jobs to go around that I think some kind of human basic income is going to be needed as the jobless rate starts rising, but on the plus side, this could reshape society to allow us to do the things we want to do and not worry about the basic things in life, but either way, I don't think most of us realise the implication of what's on it's way over the coming decades, depending on the pace of A.I. advancement.
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