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Can we build AI without losing control over it?

Sam Harris · TED

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Scared of superintelligent AI? You should be, says neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris -- and not just in some theoretical way. We're going to build superhuman machines, says Harris, but we haven't yet grappled with the problems associated with creating something that may treat us the way we treat ants.

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Institution
TED
Department
TEDSummit
Speaker
Sam Harris
Year
2016
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Computer science, Psychology and the brain, History
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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