Long term trends in AI development, and what we should expect in the near and long term future. Includes reflections on Wired interview with Obama on AI - and the Whitehouse paper'preparing for the future of artificial intelligence', and Obama's interview with Wired on AI. [Some of video is out of sync because of network issues.] Consider supporting me by: a) Subscribing to my YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/subscription_cente... b) Donating via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scifuture

Artificial intelligence (AI) is progressing so fast that there are new developments in the field almost every week. The tendrils of AI grow further into human life and continue to rapidly intertwine with our reality, and this process will only accelerate. Some worry about the consequences of a future in which AIs have more capabilities than humans, while some relish this prospect. IEEE Spectrum has just published a special issue for June 2017, which reports on the views of nine visionaries, technologists, and futurists on what's coming in AI. Each expert was asked, "When will we have computers as capable as the brain?"

Artificial intelligence (AI) is progressing so fast that there are new developments in the field almost every week. The tendrils of AI grow further into human life and continue to rapidly intertwine with our reality, and this process will only accelerate. Some worry about the consequences of a future in which AIs have more capabilities than humans, while some relish this prospect. IEEE Spectrum has just published a special issue for June 2017, which reports on the views of nine visionaries, technologists, and futurists on what's coming in AI. Each expert was asked, "When will we have computers as capable as the brain?"

The Economic Singularity: Artificial intelligence and the death of capitalism .. This new book from best-selling AI writer Calum Chace argues that within a few decades, most humans will not be able to work for money. This book mentions me by name 15 times, especially on my review of Martin Ford's Rise of the Robots, wherein I complain that Ford's main evidence for saying "this time is different" is all the impressive demos he's seen lately. This seems to be Chace's main evidence as well: Faster computers, the availability of large data sets, and the persistence of pioneering researchers have finally rendered [deep learning] effective this decade, leading to "all the impressive computing demos" referred to by Robin Hanson in chapter 3.3, along with some early applications. But the major applications are still waiting in the wings, poised to take the stage. It's time to answer the question: is it really different this time?

I am at the Recession Generation unconference. Robin Hanson is speaking on his new book - The Age of Em: Work, Love and Life when Robots Rule the Earth Robin is talking about a world where human Brain emulation works. What would be needed Massive computers Superhigh resolution scan of the brain Model each cell types in the brain Robin will avoid arguing about whether it can happen, how it will happen etc.. He will focus on what happens if it happens. What is and not what should be.

There is general agreement that AI is already having a huge impact on our work and leisure lives, as well as society as a whole -- and the effects are escalating rapidly. More open to debate is exactly what to expect and when. Long-term projections for many economists and robotics designers go only as far as the next five, or maybe 20 years, when driverless cars, elder-case assistants and automated factories will be the norm. Robin Hanson takes another tack. The associate professor of economics at George Mason University is also a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University.

Imagine a world where the majority of our workforce was composed of robots as capable and as psychologically similar to human beings. The robots are constantly working and are faster and more efficient than humans--leaving humans to be pushed towards early retirement to enjoy a life of leisure and wealth due to a large growth in investments on this artificial intelligence (AI). But don't get too excited about this luxurious idea just yet--Robin Hanson, author of The Age of Em, cautions that this may not be a reality for another few decades. So what does currently exist in the development of AI today? Our multimedia producer Sara Levine chats with Robin Hanson; Robert Repino, an editor in OUP's Reference Department and author of Mort(e) from SoHo Press; Maggie Boden, author of AI: Its Nature and Future; and Steve Furber, Editor-in-Chief of The Computer Journal this month on The Oxford Comment to find out.

Brooklyn Futurist Meetup at Brooklyn Law School - Jan 6 2016 At our first meetup of 2016 Robin Hanson previewed The Age of Em - his upcoming book and research unveil a world run by robots. Not a science fiction novel, he envisions every aspect of our lives influenced by the spread of robots from the workplace and life extension to personal relationships. His insights on employment challenges are especially noteworthy.