quotations about artificial intelligence
As soon as it works, no-one calls it AI anymore.
JOHN MCCARTHY
attributed, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
In our own time, AI is spreading into all the various spheres of our lives, and there is tension and great concern about its impact. We are confused by dueling claims that AI will eliminate jobs or create new ones; that it will eliminate bias or perpetuate it and make it harder to identify; that it will lead us to longer, happier lives -- or to extinction.
IRINA RAICU
"Artificial intelligence is forcing us to work harder to define human intelligence -- and to fight to defend it", recode, December 19, 2017
AI is not the science of building artificial people. It's not the science of understanding human intelligence. It's not even the science of trying to build artifacts that can imitate human behavior well enough to fool someone that the machine is human, as proposed in the famous Turing test ... AI is the science of making machines do tasks that humans can do or try to do ... you could argue ... that much of computer science and engineering is included in this definition.
JAMES F. ALLEN
AI Magazine, Winter 1998
Machine intelligence is the last invention that humanity will ever need to make.
NICK BOSTROM
TED Talk, March 2015
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
The intelligence of AI is often interpreted as mirroring human capabilities, but the scale of data potentially ... places analysis well beyond human capabilities.
JOHN CLARK
"Why Artificial Intelligence is the answer to the greatest threat of 2017, cyber-hacking", The Independent, January 9, 2017
Our intelligence is what makes us human, and AI is an extension of that quality.
YANN LECUN
attributed, "The Robots Are Already Taking Over", Paste Magazine, January 12, 2017
If Artificial Intelligence really has little to do with computer technology and much more to do with abstract principles of mental organization, then the distinctions among AI, psychology, and even philosophy of mind seem to melt away. One can study those basic principles using tools and techniques from computer science, or with the methods of experimental psychology, or in traditional philosophical terms--but it's the same subject in each case. Thus a grand interdisciplinary marriage seems imminent; indeed, a number of enthusiasts have already taken the vows. For their new "unified" field, they have coined the name cognitive science. If you believe the advertisements, Artificial Intelligence and psychology, as well as parts of philosophy, linguistics, and anthropology, are now just "subspecialties" within one coherent study of cognition, intelligence, and mind--that is, of symbol manipulation.
JOHN C. HAUGELAND
Artificial Intelligence: The Very Idea
We can't really predict what might happen next because superintelligent A.I. may not just think faster than humans, but in ways that are completely different. It may have motivations -- feelings, even -- that we cannot fathom. It could rapidly solve the problems of aging, of human conflict, of space travel. We might see a dawning utopia. Or we might see the end of the universe.
RICK PAULAS
"How humans will lose control of artificial intelligence", The Week Magazine, April 2, 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
Artificial Intelligence is a two-edged sword. On the one hand, it allows us to create intelligent artifacts with human-like perception and cognition. On the other hand, it accelerates people's heavy dependence on artifacts.
MAX BRAMER
Artificial Intelligence: An International Perspective
In order to maximize positive outcomes, organizations should hire ethicists who work with corporate decisionmakers and software developers, have a code of AI ethics that lays out how various issues will be handled, organize an AI review board that regularly addresses corporate ethical questions, have AI audit trails that show how various coding decisions have been made, implement AI training programs so staff operationalizes ethical considerations in their daily work, and provide a means for remediation when AI solutions inflict harm or damages on people or organizations.
DARRELL M. WEST
"What is artificial intelligence?", Brookings Institution, October 4, 2018
We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes.
ELON MUSK
Twitter post, August 2, 2014
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
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
Making AI safe for humanity may turn out to be the same as making our society safe for humanity.
JOSCHA BACH
"Exploring the risks of artificial intelligence", Tech Crunch, March 21, 2016
The key issue as to whether or not a non-biological entity deserves rights really comes down to whether or not it's conscious.... Does it have feelings?
RAY KURZWEIL
USA Today, Aug. 19, 2007
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
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 computing power maps to intelligence -- a big "if," some have argued -- we've only so far built technology on par with an insect brain. In a few years, maybe we'll overtake a mouse brain. Around 2025, some predictions go, we might have a computer that's analogous to a human brain: a mind cast in silicon. After that, things could get weird. Because there's no reason to think artificial intelligence wouldn't surpass human intelligence, and likely very quickly. That superintelligence could arise within days, learning in ways far beyond that of humans.
RICK PAULAS
"How humans will lose control of artificial intelligence", The Week Magazine, April 2, 2017