quotations about artificial intelligence
The field of artificial intelligence is historically known for overpromising -- decades of hyped results followed by harsh corrections in funding and expectations as researchers crash into major technological roadblocks. This time is different. The past five years have seen a proper AI revolution, with big data and exponential advances in computer hardware making machine learning algorithms really useful on a really big scale.
JOSS FONG
"How smart is today's artificial intelligence?", Vox, December 19, 2017
The worst thing we could do would be to imagine that machines can do all our thinking for us; they can't. We are moral creatures, and we can't avoid that responsibility.
MARK WOODS
"Can A Robot Sin? How Artificial Intelligence Is Challenging Christian Ethics", Christian Today, January 12, 2017
Unfortunately, like global warming, the effects of AI are slow and invisible--on a human timescale anyway. So it's easy to pretend--no matter how idiotic this is--that AI is just a rerun of the Industrial Revolution. It's easy to pretend that each new advance isn't really a step toward true AI. It's easy to pretend that each individual industry to fall is just a special case. It's easy to pretend that something else is always more important.
KEVIN DRUM
"Artificial Intelligence Is Coming Whether You Like It Or Not", Mother Jones, February 6, 2017