NYTimes: Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and the Feud Over Killer Robots

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

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Daniel Berninger <dan () danielberninger com>
> Date: June 11, 2018 at 04:29:32 PDT
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: NYTimes: Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and the Feud Over Killer Robots
>
> Dave,
>
> For IP, the NYTimes pretends in a Sunday article the Musk/Zuckerberg "feud" anchors two sides of the AI debate.
>
> "Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and the Feud Over Killer Robots"
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/09/technology/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-artificial-intelligence.html
>
> Nope.  Elon and Mark evangelize the same promise/threat of a "Singularity" where AI (aka computers) surpass humans.
>
> The "debate" is actually over whether or not this Singularity ever happens.  
>
> George Gilder answers with an emphatic *not* in his next book "Life After Google" .
>
> https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/life-after-google-george-gilder/1126605456
>
> The plans of Elon and Mark and their fellow AI evangelists suffer the "Real Boy Fantasy".
>
> Geppetto's ambitions to turn Pinnochio into a real boy required a magical animate piece of wood.
>
> Elon and Mark rely on the inevitable force of evolution, but I am afraid evolution does not turn rocks into birds.
>
> Evolution also does not involve software programing (aka human) intervention.
>
> The march to infinite processing capacity is irrelevant to this fact.
>
> Processing does not bring symbols to life any more than an effort to perfect the painting of a portrait.
>
> The only super intelligence revealed in the NYTimes article and the entire AI debate is the ability of Elon and Mark 
> to sell stock.
>
> Dan
>
> ..........................................
> Daniel Berninger
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