Are We In for a Conspiracy of Machines?
In the News (CNN.com): “Elon Musk warned in a new interview that artificial intelligence could lead to ‘civilization destruction,’ even as he remains deeply involved in the growth of AI through his many companies, including a rumored new venture.
“’AI is more dangerous than, say, mismanaged aircraft design or production maintenance or bad car production, in the sense that it is, it has the potential — however small one may regard that probability, but it is non-trivial — it has the potential of civilization destruction,’ …
“Musk said Monday night he supports government regulation into AI… . Once AI ‘may be in control,’ it could be too late to place regulations, Musk said.
“’A regulatory agency needs to start with a group that initially seeks insight into AI, then solicits opinion from industry, and then has proposed rule-making,’ Musk said.”
Question: What do you think about it?
Answer: He deals with it. Obviously, we should at least listen to him.
Question: Do you think it is possible that a machine would suddenly turn against a human?
Answer: Of course. We may not even feel it, but it will be perhaps directed against us.
Question: So, do you think there could be a conspiracy of machines?
Answer: Not in such a crude form as a “conspiracy of machines.” It is hard to point to anything that we invented that was only positive.
Question: Because we invented it?
Answer: Yes, we did. And we always turn it to the negative side.
Question: You do not find much positive in a human, do you?
Answer: Man is an egoist. I do not find anything positive in it at all. We see in ourselves how uncontrollable we are. And artificial intelligence will also eventually be uncontrollable. Whatever man invents, it is still for his harm.
Question: What can be done and how can we make man invent something for good? In order to squeeze something positive out of us, what needs to be done?
Answer: There will always be something negative about it. Always. Look at what humanity is doing to itself.
Comment: Yes. It goes little by little…
My Response: To self-destruction.
Question: But it will not come to it, right? It will not happen?
Answer: I don’t know if it will come to it. It seems to me that there is a possibility of it, and a big possibility that we can begin to self-destruct.
Question: Yes, but can we rely on the upper force to somehow bring us to our senses? You always talk about upper management.
Answer: The upper force is not ultimately the higher intelligence that we mean. The higher power is something that may be above our egoism, and we have absolutely no contact with it. We have no connection with what is higher than our egoism.
Question: And before this abyss that is right in front of it, can we suddenly slow down and realize that we must rise above egoism, that it was it that brought us to this?
Answer: How can we know this?
Comment: It will come from above somehow. There is no other way, you say.
My Response: I have no idea.
Comment: You don’t want to give us a small chance.
My Response: I would not give man a chance.
Comment: After all, it is God’s creation.
My Response: No, no, we are not God’s creatures, and we cannot hope that the Creator will always protect us and always somehow separate us. I personally do not hope so.
Of course, He is ultimately good that does good. But maybe we achieve this good through huge, huge failures, suffering, and wars.
Comment: We see that this is indeed the case.
My Response: But that is not all. What the Bible says and so on could be much worse.
Question: But the reason that things could be worse, maybe it will still somehow enter us?
Answer: No, we see that this does not calm the human.
Question: I am always trying to find some way out of this situation from you. And you say that a human is still a negative system?
Answer: Yes, of course. Man is a negative system, and is constantly moving toward self-destruction, and before that, practically nothing can stop him.
Question: Can we attract positive things? We can at some point, right?
Answer: We hope so.
Comment: Another idea about artificial intelligence is that it will lead to humanity not having to work. Then the main question will be the search for the meaning of life. That is, we will come to the meaning of life from boredom, from the fact that we will not have a job.
My Response: Is the meaning of life now to work?
Comment: Yes, it looks like it, correct. 🙂
My Response: It is not clear: now the meaning of life is to work, and then the meaning of life will be not to work.
Question: So you do not accept this logical connection?
Answer: No.
Question: Are you saying that we need to look for the meaning of life now?
Answer: We must develop in such a way as to understand that work itself also has meaning. And we definitely need to make our work as high as possible, that is, one that would raise man, turn him into a reasonable human. It is true.
Comment: In principle, work to earn money, work to support the family…
My Response: No, no. It is all going to go away soon.
Question: And if, let’s say, the work in which I had the meaning of life ends. How do I not lose the meaning of life with this job ending?
Answer: When you feel that you do not need to work in order to live, then you have the opportunity for another goal in order to live.
Question: So if I grasp the goal, then any changes taking place at a lower level are no longer important. I do not work or I do work, it does not matter. The main thing is to grasp the goal. What is it about?
Answer: I think that this work will be so that we rise all the time and get closer to the Creator in our unity.
Our job will be in how much each of us will refine ourselves every day to rise above ourselves.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 11/9/23
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