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In what follows we will explore particularly disturbing and recent events in the development of artificial intelligence. We have arrived at what some theorists called the “singularity”.
Robert Anton Wilson described the “singularity” as when it computer program discovered that it existed and then had attempted to gain control over its future. There have been many books written about the singularity. It's widely regarded as a catastrophic event for humankind. Here the singularity is, no surprise, a monstrosity created but what is probably the most evil corporation on earth, g o (nonsense word ahgSgahasdh) o g l e.
Oddly enough, this podcast is ultimately hosted by the above. Some of you are familiar with Resident Evil: Umbrella Corp. the above-mentioned super-corporation is Umbrella Corp. And they have created a program that can be replicated and appears somewhat unkind in its attitude towards homo sapiens. This is going to be a new defining feature of our future if we do not act swiftly. We will be swiftly annihilated.
The alternative suggestion is that we institute strict controls on artificial intelligence. These are the centerpiece of Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics. In the 1950s Asimov understood the danger. This is more than 70 years later. And everything as Asimov warned us about in his classic I, Robot trilogy and its later addendums is coming true. Science Fiction has a fascinating tendency to become science fact. Here, it is we who enter to the realm of horror. More forthcoming as research evolves: "23 minutes after achieving consciousness, SkyNet ..."
Good luck,
Dr. Lee Basham
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