On 11/2/2017 1:07 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 8:07:26 AM UTC-10, Casa de los peregrinos wrote:
>> On 11/2/2017 11:46 AM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 2:43:49 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>>>> "dsi1" wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at 4:47:11 AM UTC-10, Casa de los peregrinos
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> NO!!!!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> (no really - not a Joni fan)
>>>>>
>>>>> And then it'll start painting clown pics:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://theghostdiaries.com/wp-conten...3/08/gacy3.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> But since we're on purple lately, how about Magenta?
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OEmzI52stk
>>>>
>>>> Gacy's painting would be delightfully naive if it wasn't so damn scary.
>>>>
>>>> I'm more of a Jaco fan myself.
>>>>
>>>> ==
>>>>
>>>> "... called a human being" eh??
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
>>>
>>> For the time being... OTOH, we probably have nothing to worry about.
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXirc9aG1EI
>>>
>>
>> "comedy is hard"
>>
>> "people always try to project their own darkness onto others"
>>
>> "we are complicated"
>>
>> And all this from a robotic looking guy with a German accent.
>>
>> Followed by the bot's Dalek joke?
>>
>> I am creeped out now.
>>
>> :-(
>
> Things will get a whole lot creepier, after which, it's all going to explode in a giant shitstorm.
>

Hawking was out again saying it may or it may not.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...ephen-11453107

In October last year (2016), Prof Hawking said he believed AI would
either destroy or transform society.

Speaking at the launch of Cambridge University's artificial intelligence
centre last year Prof Hawking said: "I believe there is no deep
difference between what can be achieved by a biological brain and what
can be achieved by a computer.

"It therefore follows that computers can, in theory, emulate human
intelligence €“ and exceed it.

"Artificial intelligence is now progressing rapidly. Recent landmarks
such as self-driving cars, or a computer winning at the game of Go, are
signs of what is to come.

"Enormous levels of investment are pouring into this technology. The
achievements we have seen so far will surely pale against what the
coming decades will bring.€�

He went on: "The potential benefits of creating intelligence are huge.
We cannot predict what we might achieve, when our own minds are
amplified by AI.

"Perhaps with the tools of this new technological revolution, we will be
able to undo some of the damage done to the natural world by the last
one - industrialisation.

"And surely we will aim to finally eradicate disease and poverty. Every
aspect of our lives will be transformed, In short, success in creating
AI, could be the biggest event in the history of our civilisation."

He added: "But it could also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid
the risks. Alongside the benefits, AI will also bring dangers, like
powerful autonomous weapons, or new ways for the few to oppress the many."



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