Robby Berman, Big Think
Artificial intelligence that’s smarter than us could potentially solve problems beyond our grasp. AI that are self-learning can absorb whatever information they need from the internet, a Pandora’s Box if ever there was one.The nature of computing itself prevents us from limiting the actions of a super-intelligent AI if it gets out of control. There have been a fair number of voices—Stephen Hawking among them—raised in warning that a super-intelligent artificial intelligence could one day turn on us and that we shouldn’t be in such a hot, unquestioning hurry to develop true AI. Others say, naw, don’t worry. Now a new white paper from scientists at the Center for Humans and Machines at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development presents a series of theoretical tests that confirm the threat: Due to the basic concepts underlying computing, we would be utterly unable to control a super-intelligent AI. The white paper is published in the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research.
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