Artificial intelligence isn’t limited in the same ways the human brain is.
Firstly, it isn’t limited to only run on a single set of hardware, it can be duplicated and speeded up to be thousands of times faster than humans, and work on multiple tasks in parallel, assuming powerful enough processors are available.
Further, AI isn’t limited to our intelligence, but can be altered and improved with more data, longer training time and smarter training methods. While the human brain today is superior to AI’s on tasks requiring deep thinking and general intelligence, there is no law preventing AI’s from one day surpassing us.
If artificial intelligence were to surpass human intelligence, it would likely become powerful enough to create an utopia lasting a long long time, or spell the end of humanity.
Thus, doing AI safety research before such an event becomes vital in order to increase the odds of a good outcome.
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Artificial intelligence isn’t limited in the same ways the human brain is.
Firstly, it isn’t limited to only run on a single set of hardware, it can be duplicated and speeded up to be thousands of times faster than humans, and work on multiple tasks in parallel, assuming powerful enough processors are available.
Further, AI isn’t limited to our intelligence, but can be altered and improved with more data, longer training time and smarter training methods. While the human brain today is superior to AI’s on tasks requiring deep thinking and general intelligence, there is no law preventing AI’s from one day surpassing us.
If artificial intelligence were to surpass human intelligence, it would likely become powerful enough to create an utopia lasting a long long time, or spell the end of humanity.
Thus, doing AI safety research before such an event becomes vital in order to increase the odds of a good outcome.