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Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) Destroy Humanity?

1,112 views · Published 18 July 2016 · 8:59 · Indexed 30 October 2026

Channel: Orange County Real Estate: Patrick Schwerdtfeger · 2016 · People & Blogs

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This video discusses the existential risk of artificial intelligence and machine learning to the survival of the human race. AI and machine learning have the capacity to grow exponentially more powerful once they reach a certain level of competency.  Of course, the developers of AI have (generally) well-meaning intentions, but there are countless scenarios where an oversight in programing could lead to an AI that quickly sees humanity as an obstacle to be eliminated.

The biggest risk comes from having a single monolithic AI that completely dominates the space. To counteract that eventuality, we should have multiple offsetting AIs. So where could the first general purpose AIs come from? We can look at two realities. First, the country which is currently building the fastest computers is China.  The two fastest supercomputers are both located in China, and they are both state-sponsored as well. Second, the company that is currently investing the most into AI technologies is Google. Nobody else even comes close.

There is no evidence to suggest that China or Google have evil intentions with their AI development, but the existential risks that people (including Elon Musk, Dr. Stephen Hawking and Bill Gates) refer to will most likely come from the most advanced AI, and it certainly looks like the most advanced AI will be created by either China or Google.

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