How Computers May Outsmart us
by the End of the Century
"Machine vision" by Stuart Caie
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After listening to the speech made by Michio Kaku, I was extremely interested in what could potentially happen to us if machines were to continue advancing as they are today. The picture above is just a brief example of what machines are doing today. The machine shown above is playing connect four against itself, and as you can see, it understands the concept quite well.
Michio Kaku first stated that our machines today are only as smart as insects. This is not potentially dangerous at all. He then went on to say that soon enough they could be as smart as mice. After that, they would be as smart as cats as dogs.
Then I was shocked. Michio Kaku then stated how by the end of the century, our machines may be as smart as monkeys. If machines are as smart as monkeys, they can potentially conjure up their own plans, make their own strategies, and own decisions. They DO NOT need to listen to you if they choose not to. Monkeys have enough of a brain capacity to do things on their own.
This may be potentially dangerous to us because if machines become murderous, we could be in deep trouble. If we continue to manufacture smarter and smarter machines, they may outsmart us eventually. There have been large groups of people that have even gotten together to specify when they believe machines will eventually become smarter than us!
This is important in business because a company may rely on machines for all of its work, and when machines become smarter, what if they choose not to work? What if they choose to rebel? Our technology industry could be shattered if someone similar to this happens. We are much better off with keeping our machines' intelligence far from our level.
A great resource I enjoyed reading while looking up this topic was found here:
The author describes how machines are getting smarter, and could become potentially dangerous. Check it out!
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