[ExI] The Real Threat of Artificial Intelligence

[John Clark]

On Mon, Jun 26, 2017  Stuart LaForge <avant at sollegro.com> wrote:

​> ​
> if the NSA can't keep Stuxnet secure then how would Company X keep its AI
> out of the hands of competitors and ultimately script kiddies?


​The NSA is at a disadvantage because the people inside that organization
are no smarter than the people outside it; but that need not be the case
for a AI, it could keep secrets even from the very people in Company X that
built it.   ​

​>​
>  it might hire humans to do busy work for Company X just to be able to
> have a customer base for Company X.


​Unless the AI could find a way hide the fact that its just busy work
created to make the humans feel important and give them some dignity the AI
might as well just hand the humans money rather than give them a paycheck
for doing a silly pointless job. ​



> ​> ​
> Some hacker group like Anonymous might take it upon themselves to write
> an AI that would be like Robin Hood and steal from the rich to give to the
> poor.


​The AI could only do that if it had superhuman intelligence, ​

​but if that's the case then the hackers could never be confident that
their goals and the AI's goals always remain in sync. ​

 John K Clark
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