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Teach each other how to teach the AI. (This ought to be 'one another' as more than two people are involved.) Overall, the book sheds light on a perspective of AI that evades most people! It discusses why the AI intelligent is totally different than the old "dumb" computers that only did speed processing according to what we give it as a work map, in terms of instructions, to the totally new Ai that could learn on its own and navigate towards its goal or mission!
Now consider that AI will be WAY more dangerous and WAY less manageable and WAY WAY more profitable. Technology is putting our humanity at risk to an unprecedented degree. This book is not for engineers who write the code or the policy makers who claim they can regulate it. This is a book for you. Because, believe it or not, you are the only one that can fix it. - Mo Gawdat
The author, Mo Gawdat is the former director of Google X, the “infamous” Xerox Park/DARPA style “moonshot factory” where Goole researches and develops their more leading edge stuff like: 1. Waymo: Googles self-driving car project thing. 2. Google Glass: googles early attempt at smart glasses. 3. Wing: googles drone delivery project. And 4. Project Makani: An effort to generate electricity using airborne wind turbines.
By following a strict prescriptive method, we become dumber, because we lose the ability to think for ourselves." I found the book interesting when it touched on the history and myth of man trying to create artificial beings. It appears humans have long desired to create something to ease our mundane tasks or entertain us. The book also provided some recent examples of AI experiments gone wrong that had to be shut down. Apple podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-diary-of-a-ceo-by-steven-bartlett/id1291423644 I do not know if it’s because he’s a slave to the conversational style he used to create this (narrating rather than writing the book) which changes the feel utterly, and it does have shades of reading a transcript at times. The growth on the next chip in your phone is going to be a million times more than the computer that put people on the moon.”
Or, it could be that this text was actually written (developed? Spawned?) by an AI bot which is why it was so sparsely referenced, simply circular and most annoyingly… His perspective on AI as a new form of life is indeed thought-provoking. He presents AI not just as algorithms and data but as an evolving entity, shaped by our inputs and interactions. This perspective challenges the traditional boundaries of what we define as "life" and pushes us to expand our understanding. It's hard not to be convinced after diving into that section, as it paints a vivid picture of AI's place in our distant future. Based on the EXTREME LEVEL of plausible concern the first 90% of the book elicits. That particular solution doesn’t seem like it will cut the mustard. Decide what makes you happy, and invest in your own happiness. Tell machines that we want others to be happy too. They are watching all the trends, not just the ones they are told their owners want.
Basically, Gawdat proposes that we raise AI as if it were one of our children, and hope it takes care of us as if we were it’s aging parents. Nearly 20 years ago, the movie "I, Robot" warned of an impending robot revolution powered by artificial intelligence that views humanity as "scum." Now, what was once science fiction has become a paramount concern for tech executives and futurists. Mo Gawdat, former chief business officer for Google's secretive research and development lab "X," joins CBS News to discuss the future of AI. Scary Smart presents some interesting insight into the origins of artificial intelligence as well as the rapid rate of development it has seen in recent years. The book also presents theories on how to deal with our inevitable fate of AI taking control of our world. There has never been a time when the risk of technology ruining our humanity has been bigger. This book is not for the engineers that write the code, the policy makers who claim they can regulate it or the experts that keep creating the buzz around it. They all know what I’m about to tell you. This is a book for you. Because, believe it or not, you are the only one that can fix it' Mo GawdatThats an approximation of the difference between our human abilities and the super-intelligence we’re about to give birth to and by default become completely dependent upon. Google X under Gawdat was DEEPLY invested in AI and Quantum Computing. The intersection of which is where all the SERIOUS concerns come from. It’s hard to remember how different life was before smart phones. That is, until the internet goes out and you have like NOTHING happening, and you can’t tolerate existing. If You Enjoyed This Episode You Must Watch This One With Mustafa Suleyman Google AI Exec: https://youtu.be/CTxnLsYHWuI
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