AI. We are at a critical juncture.
The "magic" and the "scary" of AI self-learning
I recall some thoughts while on the plane, watching Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001).
We must harness AI's "magic" while mitigating its "scary" implications.
Paralleling recent breakthroughs in AI, particularly in games like Chess and Go, has revealed the astonishing power of self-learning algorithms.
By playing millions of games against themselves, these systems develop superhuman abilities without explicit human instruction.
This "magic" of emergent capabilities, however, also raises concerns about a potential "game-over " scenario in which AI surpasses human control.
Interestingly, these anxieties were explored over two decades ago in Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001).