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Possibilities and Implications of the Multi-AI Competition

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

The possibility of super-AIs taking over the world has been intensively studied by numerous scholars. This paper focuses on the multi-AI competition scenario under the premise of super-AIs in power. Firstly, the article points out the defects of existing arguments supporting single-AI domination and presents arguments in favour of multi-AI competition. Then the article concludes that the multi-AI competition situation is a non-negligible possibility. Attention then turns to whether multi-AI competition is better for the overall good of humanity than a situation where a single AI is in power. After analysing the best, worst, and intermediate scenarios, the article concludes that multi-AI competition is better for humanity. Finally, considering the factors related to the formation of the best-case scenario of multiple AIs, the article gives some suggestions for current initiatives in AI development.


Halo review – hit sci-fi game morphs into middling $200m TV series

The Guardian

Quite how Halo hasn't made it to the screen, small or big, before this is an enigma almost as nebulous as the long-running first person shooter video game's crowded mythos. Luminaries such as Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson and District 9's Neill Blomkamp have all been involved in trying to get a film based on the explosive exploits of Masterchief across the line for the best part of two decades, yet to no avail. Even this big-budget – it reputedly cost more than $200m and looks like gold – TV series starring Pablo Schreiber as the genetically engineered soldier-hero of the United Nations Space Command (UNSC) has been held up for two years by Covid. Never mind, it's here now, and fans of the games who just want to see their nightly battles with giant space monsters played out on the TV screen will no doubt be more than content with Kyle Killen and Steven Kane's adventurous if somewhat insipid reimagining. Unfortunately, those of us who don't recognise every re-enacted power-up bleep and helmet-cam vision of destruction will probably find ourselves wondering, much of the time, quite what is going on.


Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV - Issue 93: Forerunners

Nautilus

Imagine that someone asked you to come up with a sequence of five words. In any other year, some idiosyncratic combination would likely come to mind. This year, though, one five-word sequence that has been etched into the memories of many Americans, and many worldwide, stands out--"person, woman, man, camera, TV." Donald Trump, touting his ability to memorize these words as part of a cognitive health test, made the sequence famous. We can tie together our personal experiences and acquired knowledge--such as this memory of Trump's behavior--into interconnected memories, recallable at a moment's notice.



When IBM First Got People Worried About The Impact Of AI On Jobs

#artificialintelligence

Chess enthusiasts watch World Chess champion Garry Kasparov on a television monitor as he holds his head in his hands at the start of the sixth and final match 11 May 1997 against IBM's Deep Blue computer in New York. Kasparov lost this match in just 19 moves giving overall victory to Deep Blue with a score of 2.5-3.5 (STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images) This week's milestones in the history of technology include the invention of the integrated circuit, the first singing telegram, and the first widely-publicized triumph of the machines over humans. Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments (TI) files for a patent on the integrated circuit. For this invention he received the 2000 Nobel Prize for Physics. The notion of an integrated circuit was there.