The Association for Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) convened a “Presidential Panel on Long-Term AI Futures”. Read their August 2009 Interim Report from the Panel Chairs:
There was overall skepticism about the prospect of an intelligence explosion as well as of a “coming singularity,” and also about the large-scale loss of control of intelligent systems. [...] The group suggested outreach and communication to people and organizations about the low likelihood of the radical outcomes, sharing the rationale for the overall comfort of scientists in this realm
Don’t know how we missed this when it happened; I learned about this from the Hacker News thread. I’ve yet to find anything they’ve put out to justify this position.
The Association for Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) convened a “Presidential Panel on Long-Term AI Futures”. Read their August 2009 Interim Report from the Panel Chairs:
Don’t know how we missed this when it happened; I learned about this from the Hacker News thread. I’ve yet to find anything they’ve put out to justify this position.
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