Machines with human-like intelligence can pose a huge threat. But is it possible for it to exist in the near or distant future?
said Rodney Brooks, MIT roboticist and co-founder of iRobot. “Most of what we read in the headlines… is, I believe, completely wrong.” Brooks, for example, does not predict that AGI will be a realistic possibility until at least 2300.
Several other experts agree, saying that while it may be a reality at some point, AGI is in no way close to becoming an actual reality in our lives.
What does all this mean for technology – and the future of humanity?
It's hard to argue that AI has improved the lives of many, if not most, people and companies around the world. How many people trust their voice assistants ? How many lives have been — and will continue to be — saved by AI diagnostic tools? How much fraud has been detected thanks to FinTech-AI innovations?
But that doesn't mean that AGI, which of course we don't yet realize, can't do real harm to our world. It is not yet known which perspective on the possibility of the existence of AGI is correct, whether in the near or distant future. What threat this could pose is also unclear at this time.
Does this mean we shouldn't continue to innovate as a society? Of course. If one thing is obvious, it is that technology benefits us much more than it harms us.
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Source: BairesDev
