quotations about artificial intelligence
Artificial General Intelligence will revolutionize humanity, its application determines if this is going to be a positive or negative impact; this is much in the same way that splitting the atom is seen as a double-edged sword.
TREVOR SANDS
"The Future of Artificial Intelligence", Hackaday, February 13, 2017
A sinister threat is brewing deep inside the technology laboratories of Silicon Valley. Artificial Intelligence, disguised as helpful digital assistants and self-driving vehicles, is gaining a foothold -- and it could one day spell the end for mankind.
ELLIE ZOLFAGHARIFARD
Mail Online
What's undeniable is how the possibility of AI stirs the imagination of the public. This is evident in the science fiction and entertainment we consume. We may have strong AI in a couple of years, or it might take a couple of centuries. What's certain is that we're unlikely to ever give up on the pursuit.
CAMERON COWARD
"The Future of Artificial Intelligence", Hackaday, February 13, 2017
What is most important about artificial intelligence as an area of specialization ... would be its ultimate objective of replicating semiotic systems. Indeed, while artificial intelligence can achieve at least some of its goals by building systems that simulate--and improve upon--the mental abilities that are deployed by human beings, it cannot secure its most treasured goals short of replication, if such a conception is correct. It therefore appears to be an ultimate irony that the ideal limit and final aim of artificial intelligence could turn out to be the development of systems capable of making mistakes.
JAMES H. FETZER
Artificial Intelligence: Its Scope and Limits
We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes.
ELON MUSK
Twitter post, August 2, 2014
The essence of artificial intelligence is massive, intuitive computing power: machines so smart that they can learn and become even smarter. If that sounds creepy, you are overthinking the concept. The machines are becoming quicker and more nimble, not sentient. There is no impending threat to humanity from computers that become bored and plot our doom. HAL, the computer villain from "2001: A Space Odyssey," is fictional.
EDITORIAL BOARD
"Artificial intelligence isn't the scary future. It's the amazing present.", Chicago Tribune, January 1, 2017
It does not matter how fast the computer is, how much memory it has, or how complex and high-level the programming language. The Jeopardy and Chess playing champs Watson and Deep Blue fundamentally work the same as your microwave. Put simply, a strict symbol-processing machine can never be a symbol-understanding machine.
BOBBY AZARIAN
"A neuroscientist explains why artificially intelligent robots will never have consciousness like humans", Raw Story, March 31, 2016
Artificial intelligence is OK at a distance. Up close and personal, however, the lack of a human face counts more and more.
TOM CHATFIELD
"How much should we fear the rise of artificial intelligence?", The Guardian, March 18, 2016
As we deploy more and give more responsibilities to artificial agents, risks of malfunction that have negative consequences are increasing.
PHILIPPE PASQUIER
"Exploring the risks of artificial intelligence", Tech Crunch, March 21, 2016
The main lesson of thirty-five years of AI research is that the hard problems are easy and the easy problems are hard. The mental abilities of a four-year-old that we take for granted -- recognizing a face, lifting a pencil, walking across a room, answering a question -- in fact solve some of the hardest engineering problems ever conceived.... As the new generation of intelligent devices appears, it will be the stock analysts and petrochemical engineers and parole board members who are in danger of being replaced by machines. The gardeners, receptionists, and cooks are secure in their jobs for decades to come.
STEVEN PINKER
The Language Instinct
Thanks to AI, the face will be the new credit card, the new driver's license and the new barcode.
GEORGES NAHON
"8 ways artificial intelligence is going to change the way you live, work and play in 2018", CNBC, January 5, 2018
Pattern recognition and association make up the core of our thought. These activities involve millions of operations carried out in parallel, outside the field of our consciousness. If AI appeared to hit a brick wall after a few quick victories, it did so owing to its inability to emulate these processes.
DANIEL CREVIER
AI: The Tumultuous History of the Search for Artificial Intelligence
The attribution of intelligence to machines, crowds of fragments, or other nerd deities obscures more than it illuminates. When people are told that a computer is intelligent, they become prone to changing themselves in order to make the computer appear to work better, instead of demanding that the computer be changed to become more useful.
JARON LANIER
You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto
AI is not a passing trend. It's been with us for decades and is here to stay. As technology and science improve, so will the algorithms behind AI and the hardware that's running it. However, I still believe it must improve before it can become an inseparable and integral part of our lives.
JURICA DUJMOVIC
"What's holding back artificial intelligence? Americans don't trust it", Market Watch, March 30, 2017
Machine learning and artificial intelligence are the keys to just about every aspect of life in the very near future: every sector, every business. If you run a business, its future depends on your ability to generate data about its activities, data that can then be fed into algorithms.
ENRIQUE DANS
"Right Now, Artificial Intelligence Is The Only Thing That Matters", Forbes, July 13, 2016
Companies like calling their technologies AI. It sounds better, it's more futuristic, but it's not AI: it's actually data analytics.
ALAN SMEATON
"Artificial intelligence is dead: long live data analytics", The Irish Times, July 28, 2016
To be sure, many companies are puzzling over how artificial intelligence technologies might impact their workforce and operations. As AI advances, firms may face tough questions about when humans do or don't need to be involved in decision-making.
STEVE NORTON
"Artificial Intelligence Looms Larger in the Corporate World", Wall Street Journal, January 11, 2017
It really doesn't matter if artificial intelligence is distracting us from whatever you think the "real" problem is. It's coming anyway.
KEVIN DRUM
"Artificial Intelligence Is Coming Whether You Like It Or Not", Mother Jones, February 6, 2017
Successes have created an AI halo effect that gives a reflected shine to any tech company that invokes the concept of artificial intelligence. This, in turn, can lead to breathless coverage that inflates the significance of what is often, at heart, just data analytics, or a Wi-Fi connection.
JAMES VINCENT
"No, this toothbrush doesn't have artificial intelligence", The Verge, January 4, 2017
If we have very powerful AI systems, it's crucial that their goals are aligned with our goals. We don't want to create machines, which are first very excited about helping us, and then later get as bored with us as kids get with Legos.
MAX TEGMARK
"Life 3.0 - Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence", Future of Life Institute, August 29, 2017