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Link: The Economist on Paperclip Maximizers

5 Post author: Anders_H 30 June 2016 12:40PM

I certainly was not expecting the Economist to publish a special report on paperclip maximizers (!).

See http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21700762-techies-do-not-believe-artificial-intelligence-will-run-out-control-there-are?fsrc=scn/fb/te/pe/ed/frankensteinspaperclips

 

As the title suggests, they are downplaying the risks of unfriendly AI, but just the fact that the Economist published this is significant

Comments (3)

Comment author: Pimgd 30 June 2016 01:01:30PM 2 points [-]

Paywall for the "conclusion" part.

Comment author: efenj 01 July 2016 01:49:21AM 1 point [-]

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