I think the most important sentence for LWers was: “If it is not an American Singularity it is going to be a Chinese Singularity” (David Chalmers). He said that he has been talking about it at a military academy.
I can’t say either of those options appeals to me especially. How is FAI research going in, say, Canada?
It is not that he suggested that, it is taken out of context. He said that was the thought that arose in the end while discussing the topic of superhuman AI at a military academy. And I wanted to highlight that such thoughts might be the likely outcome if the idea gets more popular. It will be we vs. them. Politicians and the military might actually encouraging building fooming AI as fast as possible so that the Chinese don’t take over.
I can’t say either of those options appeals to me especially. How is FAI research going in, say, Canada?
It is not that he suggested that, it is taken out of context. He said that was the thought that arose in the end while discussing the topic of superhuman AI at a military academy. And I wanted to highlight that such thoughts might be the likely outcome if the idea gets more popular. It will be we vs. them. Politicians and the military might actually encouraging building fooming AI as fast as possible so that the Chinese don’t take over.
DARPA do fund a fair bit of artificial intelligence research already:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/05/darpa-heat-energy-brains-now-make-us-some/
http://www.switched.com/2010/03/30/darpas-guard-dog-aims-to-replace-human-intelligence/
Then there’s IARPA:
Uh huh...