Link: The Economist on Paperclip Maximizers

Anders_H30 Jun 2016 12:40 UTC
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I certainly was not expecting the Economist to publish a special report on paperclip maximizers (!).

See http://​​www.economist.com/​​news/​​special-report/​​21700762-techies-do-not-believe-artificial-intelligence-will-run-out-control-there-are?fsrc=scn/​​fb/​​te/​​pe/​​ed/​​frankensteinspaperclips

As the title suggests, they are downplaying the risks of unfriendly AI, but just the fact that the Economist published this is significant

Anders_H30 Jun 2016 12:40 UTC
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