Could Artificial Intelligence REALLY Wipe Out Humanity? - AI Summary

Even staple figures in the field of science such as Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk have been vocal about technology's threat against humanity. The facts of the matter are that machines generally operate how they're programmed to and we are a long way from developing the ASI (artificial superintelligence) needed for this "takeover" to even be feasible. At present, most of the AI technology utilized by machines is considered "narrow" or "weak," meaning it can only apply its knowledge towards one or a few tasks. "Machine learning and AI systems are a long way from cracking the hard problem of consciousness and being able to generate their own goals contrary to their programming," George Montanez, a data scientist at Microsoft, wrote under the same Metafact thread. Some of these risks include overoptimization, weaponization, and ecological collapse, according to Ben Nye, the Director of Learning Sciences at the University of Southern California, Institute for Creative Technologies (USC-ICT).