Re Do you trust this computer?

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Grady Booch <egrady () booch com>
> Date: April 7, 2018 at 2:34:31 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] Do you trust this computer?
>
> I followed Elon’s thread in Twitter, and had an extended dialog with some there after.
>
> Here is partly what I had to say:
>
> While well-produced, it is indeed rather alarmist (and offers little balance as to the good therein); it also muddles 
> the role of AI (many of the moments in the documentary could be said of non-AI software-intensive systems). 
> Furthermore it radically ignores history (one gets the impression that AI began in Silicon Valley with 
> Google/Facebook/etc) and finally, while it hammers the emotional elements, it offers nothing actionable for the viewer
>
> > On Apr 7, 2018, at 07:42, Dave Farber <farber () gmail com> wrote:
> >
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> > Begin forwarded message:
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> > > From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
> > > Date: April 7, 2018 at 1:19:27 PM EDT
> > > To: Multiple recipients of Dewayne-Net <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
> > > Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Do you trust this computer?
> > > Reply-To: dewayne-net () warpspeed com
> > >
> > > [Note:  This item comes from friend Ed DeWath.  Again, the window to view this video on YouTube is just this 
> > > weekend.  Have at it!  DLH]
> > >
> > > Do you trust this computer?
> > > By Elon Musk
> > > Apr 6 2018
> > > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_McBS1NlHJM>
> > >
> > > Elon Musk - who believes artificial intelligence could help trigger the next world war - has issued another severe 
> > > warning about how super-intelligent machines could come to dominate the world. Those super computers could become 
> > > "an immortal dictator from which we would never escape," Musk passionately warns in the new documentary "Do You 
> > > Trust This Computer?"
> > >
> > > In the documentary, directed by Chris Paine (the man behind 2006's "Who Killed The Electric Car?"), Musk joins a 
> > > growing chorus of experts warning that intelligent machines are already fundamentally changing our society by 
> > > amassing personal data, advancing science and medicine and beginning to create new forms of super intelligence.
> > >
> > > Musk paid for "Do You Trust This Computer" to be streamed free on YouTube over the weekend.
> > >
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