Stuart Russell is an award-winning Artificial Intelligence (AI) researcher, a Professor of Computer Science at the University of California and author of the leading AI textbook Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach.
In other words, he's a man who knows a thing or two about AI.
In a recent interview with Science, Professor Russell joined the chorus of experts and technologists who have broken cover this year to warn of the potential dangers of AI research, comparing it to the dangers posed by nuclear technology.
From the beginning, the primary interest in nuclear technology was the "inexhaustible supply of energy" ... I think there is a reasonable analogy between unlimited amounts of energy and unlimited amounts of intelligence.
Both seem wonderful until one thinks of the possible risks.
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