The Rise of AI

[edyzmedieval]

I'm sure most of you by now recognise the potential impact that Artificial Intelligence will have in our lives in the near to far future. Robots, driverless cars, automated package delivery... everything can be modified. Even software technologies called RPA - Robotic Process Automation - create new opportunities but focus on removing redundancies in business processes. All in all, sounds great, but there's a serious downside and if you know about SkyNet / Black Mirror you can imagine where this is going to go in the future.

I would like to kickstart a conversation on the benefits and perils of AI and obviously the implication of geopolitics on this. What's your own personal take on AI?

Do you think it will go Elon Musk's way - saying we're creating a monster? Or do you think AI is not going to be like that?

Here's a quick report - https://www.digitalhealth.net/2019/0...-intelligence/

Artificial intelligence is “rapidly developing” and a line “needs to be drawn” to establish accountability between clinicians and technology, a report has warned.
Clinicians may find themselves incorrectly trusting decisions made by AI more than they trust their own, The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges report found.
The organisation called for greater recognition of accountability for harm caused by faulty content or by incorrect operation.
“Technology companies are currently focusing on AI that will support clinicians, rather than replace clinical judgement – implying that accountability for mistakes remains with the clinician,” the report said.

Adding to that, here's this - https://www.forbes.com/sites/cogniti...silicon-brain/

The rise of the silicon brain that can give rise to thought, emotion and behavior in a machine seems to be on the way. This is mainly due to rapid advances in software and hardware that are paving the way for next generation computational systems with cognitive abilities modeled after the human brain.

Any thoughts?