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AI and the End of the World
Dr. Jeremias Rößler
(as we know it…)
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What is intelligence, really?
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing-Test
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What is intelligence, really?
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Lack of empathy,
poor impulse control,
problems with planning and foresight,
poor behavioral restraints
—todays #AI is textbook psychopathy.
Where are we?
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War ahead?
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200 Hz
120 m/s
200.000.000.000 Hz
299.792.458 m/s
War ahead?
16 years several hours
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Grey goo
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Future of Life
@roesslerj12SMBC: Most Advanced Genocidal Robot
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What means “make me happy?”
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Nick Bostrom
at
TED2015
What happens when our computers
get smarter than we are?
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Morality
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Sam Harris
at
TEDSummit
Can we build AI
without losing control over it?
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https://xkcd.com/1968/
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Autonomous ASI
AI Intelligence
Today Tomorrow Short Term
(5-10 yrs)
Long Term
(10-50 yrs)
You are Here
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Hapless Boston Dynamics robot
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Pidgeons beat Doctors
85% accuracy
better than doctors
https://www.theguardian.com
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Autonomous ASI
AI Intelligence
Today Tomorrow Short Term
(5-10 yrs)
Long Term
(10-50 yrs)
You are Here
Bias
@roesslerj27RACIST SOAP DISPENSER
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Three black teenagers Three white teenagers
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Loans
Surviving the Sunset
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Washington Post: ‘Creative ... motivating’ and fired
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AI is Black Box
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Do you obey technology?
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Stop Thinking!
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Autonomous ASI
AI Intelligence
Today Tomorrow Short Term
(5-10 yrs)
Long Term
(10-50 yrs)
Errors
Unemployment
Bias
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This is when robots will overtake humans
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Luddites
Machine Breakers
Death Penalty
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YouTube: Humans need not apply
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Wealth Gap
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Autonomous ASI
AI Intelligence
Today Tomorrow Short Term
(5-10 yrs)
Long Term
(10-50 yrs)
= Criticallity
of Worst Case Scenario
Warfare
Cyberwar
pol. Influence
Errors
Unemployment
Bias
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First Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAW)?
Land Mine from 1600
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AI in War
@roesslerjhttp://autonomousweapons.org
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Anzahl Todesopfer durch Drohnenangriffe — vor 1 Jahr?
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AI-based surveillance
Washington Post: Beijing bets on facial recognition in a big drive for total surveillance
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AI Influencing
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Whoever becomes the leader in AI
will become the ruler of the world.
“ Vladimir Putin
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AI-based cyberwar
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Autonomous ASI
AI Intelligence
Today Tomorrow Short Term
(5-10 yrs)
Long Term
(10-50 yrs)
= Criticallity
of Worst Case Scenario
Warfare
Cyberwar
pol. Influence
Errors
Unemployment
Bias
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No opt-out
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Autonomous ASI
Immortality
Space Exploration
AI Intelligence
Today Tomorrow Short Term
(5-10 yrs)
Long Term
(10-50 yrs)
= Effects
of Best Case Scenario
Better Societies
Solved War, Hunger, Diseases
Fewer Human Errors
Better Decisions
Higher Productivity
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Fast.
Things are changing.
Don’t believe me?
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Things are changing.
1997: Don’t get into strangers cars.
Dont meet people from the internet.
Literally summon strangers from the internet
to get into their cars.
2017:
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Things are changing.
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2025 same power
2024 1/2 power
2023 1/4 power
2022 1/8 power
2018 1/128 power
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Cultivate algorithm suspicion. Scrutinize!
AI does not give us a “get out of ethics free” card.
Just because you don’t understand which biases it has,
does NOT mean AI algorithms are not biased.
What can you do?
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Raise Awareness
Contribute
What can you do?
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Blog Recommendations:
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Movie Recommendations:
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Literature Recommendations:
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Autonomous ASI
AI Intelligence
Today Tomorrow Short Term
(5-10 yrs)
Long Term
(10-50 yrs)
You are Here
= Criticallity
of Worst Case Scenario
Warfare
Cyberwar
pol. Influence
Errors
Unemployment
Bias
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http://retest.rocks
Summary
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AI and the End of the World