The singularity is here and it is not in the form of artificial general intelligence. It is in the form of franken-algorithms, algorithms that work with and against algorithms and learn independently of human input. It's very easy for these algorithms to create algorithms that humans can't understand because these algorithms optimize to reach toward certain goals by any means, including ones that don't follow conventional logic and ethical contexts.
Further reading: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/29/coding-algorithms-frankenalgos-program-danger
Monday, September 03, 2018
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