In an open letter published on Tuesday, more than 1,370 signatories—including business founders, CEOs and academics from various institutions including the University of Oxford—said they wanted to “counter ‘A.I. doom.’”

“A.I. is not an existential threat to humanity; it will be a transformative force for good if we get critical decisions about its development and use right,” they insisted.

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    1 year ago

    I’m all for ai being used for good.

    I’m also for splitting the atom being used for good…

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      Exactly. It’s almost impossible to imagine anything about AI being ‘good’ because so little of any real substance is permitted to work for ‘good’.
      It’ll work for profit, just like everything else.