Does Wolfram Alpha overturn your worldview? Last I looked, it wasn’t trying to get out...
Wolfram Alpha isn’t really “in a box” in the first place.
Like most modern machines, its sensors and actuators extend into the real world.
We do restrain machines—but mostly when testing them. Elsewhere, constraints are often considered to be unnecessary expense. If a machine is dangerous, we typically keep humans away from it—and not the other way around.
Wolfram Alpha isn’t really “in a box” in the first place.
Like most modern machines, its sensors and actuators extend into the real world.
We do restrain machines—but mostly when testing them. Elsewhere, constraints are often considered to be unnecessary expense. If a machine is dangerous, we typically keep humans away from it—and not the other way around.