The Future and Ethics of AI

Question 1

What is the eventual goal of AI?

Answer 1

achieving capabilities equal to or greater than that of human intelligence

Question 2

What are 2 classifications systems of AI?

Answer 2

weak and strong AI vs. narrow, general, and super AI

Question 3

What kind of AI do we have currently regarding the weak vs strong AI classification system?

Answer 3

weak AI

Question 4

What does weak AI do?

Answer 4

simulates some human capabilities

Question 5

What are some examples of weak AI?

Answer 5

a robot that plays chess, chatbots, spotify shuffle, spam filters, smart assistants, autocorrect, self driving cars, navigation maps

Question 6

What is an example of strong AI?

Answer 6

technology like in the movie Blade Runner

Question 7

When was the concept of weak vs strong AI first used and by who?

Answer 7

John Searle in 1980

Question 8

Is AlphaGo weak or strong AI?

Answer 8

weak

Question 9

Is Watson weak or strong AI?

Answer 9

weak

Question 10

What is the definition of strong AI?

Answer 10

AI that can perform various tasks at a human level

Question 11

True or false: Strong AI would be able to have emotions and think at human levels of consciousness?

Answer 11

true

Question 12

What are some characteristics of strong AI?

Answer 12

capable of general use in many fields, intelligence similar to human level, can learn independently, heave emotions, and self-awareness

Question 13

What is narrow AI?

Answer 13

AI that specializes in one task

Question 14

What is general AI?

Answer 14

human-level AI

Question 15

What is super AI?

Answer 15

AI that is superior to human intelligence

Question 16

What are examples of narrow AI?

Answer 16

DeepBlue, Watson, AlphaGo, facial recognition, autonomous cars, Siri

Question 17

Do we currently have any general or super AI systems?

Answer 17

no

Question 18

True or false: General AI systems can have thinking, social, and creative abilities?

Answer 18

true

Question 19

What are characteristics of super AI?

Answer 19

have creativity, general wisdom, and social skills far superior to that of humans

Question 20

What is a concern of using super AI?

Answer 20

it will try to dominate humans with it’s superior intelligence and abilities

Question 21

What is a singularity in mathematical terms?

Answer 21

a point at which an equation becomes undefined

Question 22

What is singularity regarding AI?

Answer 22

a hypothetical future point in time at which AI creates new civilization by surpassing human capabilities

Question 23

What is the idea behind the Explosion of Intelligence?

Answer 23

the starting point where AI surpasses human intelligence and when super AI emerges

Question 24

Who first proposed explosion of intelligence?

Answer 24

Irving Good

Question 25

How might AI develop faster than human intelligence?

Answer 25

superintelligent machines make more superintelligent machines that are better than themselves

Question 26

Who argued for singularity in technology and in what year?

Answer 26

Von Neumann in 1958

Question 27

Who popularized the singularity?

Answer 27

Vinge

Question 28

When is singularity predicted to be reached according to Ray Kurzweil?

Answer 28

2045

Question 29

When will the explosion of intelligence occur according to Yudkowski?

Answer 29

in 30 years

Question 30

Who criticizes predictions of singularity?

Answer 30

Pinker and Kaplan

Question 31

What is transhumanism?

Answer 31

the belief that human physical and mental abilities can be improved by using scientific technologies such as AI

Question 32

What does philosopher Nick Bostrom believe about super AI?

Answer 32

that humans may become extinct due to super AI

Question 33

What is an idea to counteract the threat of AI turning on humans?

Answer 33

designing AI with a love for humans

Question 34

What is the biggest obstacle we have to overcome in order to realize super AI?

Answer 34

overcoming human creativity

Question 35

What are other concerns for AI regarding humans and safety?

Answer 35

black market sale of AI weapons, powerful governments using AI to develop weapons

Question 36

What is a current example of an AI weapon?

Answer 36

an autonomous attack drone with facial recognition that can target specific people, genders, and races

Question 37

As a result of the dangers of AI, what is being done to prevent these?

Answer 37

AI rules and standards to govern AI developers

Question 38

What is an example of a chatbot that cause problems due to lack of ethics standards?

Answer 38

Tay, made racist and misogynistic tweets

Question 39

What is an example of AI ethics standards?

Answer 39

the EU AI ethical principles announced in 2017

Question 40

What are the general ideas of the EU AI ethics principles?

Answer 40

AI must develop stably, personal information must be protected, AI development and management must be transparent, and there must be strict liability regulations

Question 41

What is another AI ethics standard?

Answer 41

Asilomar Principles of AI from a conference held in Asilomar in 2017

Question 42

How many principles are in the Asilomar AI principles?

Answer 42

23

Question 43

What are some ideas presented in the Asilomar AI principles?

Answer 43

AI must be useful and beneficial to humanity, AI -based arms races must be avoided, research funding should focus on beneficial AI use, research must be transparent and collaborative, privacy should be taken into account