In reply to Alain Sepeda's message of Mon, 10 Apr 2023 17:48:38 +0200: Hi, [snip] >The real difference is that today, AI are not the fruit of a Darwinian >evolution, with struggle to survive, dominate, eat or be eaten, so it's >less frightening than people or animals.
The way a neural network learns is conceptually analogous to Darwinian evolution. (Only the programs/routines, most suited to purpose, survive.) ...but it happens much, much faster. >The only serious fear I've heard is that we become so satisfied by those >AIs, that we delegate our genetic evolution to them, and we lose our >individualistic Darwinian struggle to survive, innovate, seduce a partner, >enjoying a bee-Hive mentality, at the service of the AI system, like >bee-workers and bee-queen... The promoter of that theory estimate it will >take a millennium. >Anyway there is nothing to stop, as if a majority decide to stop developing >AI, a minority will develop them at their service, and China is ready, with >great experts and great belief in the future. Only the West is afraid. >(there is a paper on that circulating, where fear of AI is linked to >GDP/head) Anything that increases productivity can lead to an increase in GDP/head. Cloud storage:- Unsafe, Slow, Expensive ...pick any three.
