It just occurred to me that we may be able to avoid the word “intelligence” entirely in the title. I was thinking of Cory Doctorrow on the coming war on general computation, where he explain unwanted behaviour on general purpose computers is basically impossible to stop. So:
Current computers are fully general hardware. An AI would be fully general software. We could also talk about general purpose computers vs general purpose programs.
The Idea is, many people already understand some risks associated with general purpose computers (if only for the various malware). Maybe we could use that to draw attention to the risks of general purpose programs.
That may avoid drawing unwanted associations with the word “intelligence”. Many people believe that machines cannot be intelligent “by definition”. Many believe there is something “magic” between the laws of physics and the high-level functioning of a human nervous system. They would be hard-pressed to admit it outright, but it is at the root of a fundamental disbelief of the possibility of AI.
As for actual titles…
The Risks of General Purpose Software.
General Purpose Computers can do anything. General Purpose Programs, will. (Sounds better as a subtitle, that one.)
(Small inconvenience: phrasing the title this way may require to touch the content of the book itself.)
It just occurred to me that we may be able to avoid the word “intelligence” entirely in the title. I was thinking of Cory Doctorrow on the coming war on general computation, where he explain unwanted behaviour on general purpose computers is basically impossible to stop. So:
Current computers are fully general hardware. An AI would be fully general software. We could also talk about general purpose computers vs general purpose programs.
The Idea is, many people already understand some risks associated with general purpose computers (if only for the various malware). Maybe we could use that to draw attention to the risks of general purpose programs.
That may avoid drawing unwanted associations with the word “intelligence”. Many people believe that machines cannot be intelligent “by definition”. Many believe there is something “magic” between the laws of physics and the high-level functioning of a human nervous system. They would be hard-pressed to admit it outright, but it is at the root of a fundamental disbelief of the possibility of AI.
As for actual titles…
The Risks of General Purpose Software.
General Purpose Computers can do anything. General Purpose Programs, will. (Sounds better as a subtitle, that one.)
(Small inconvenience: phrasing the title this way may require to touch the content of the book itself.)