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Introduction • What is artificial intelligence? • Merriam-Webster says it is a branch of computer science dealing with the simulation of intelligent behavior in computers • An AI would be • Not domain restricted • Capable of Learning • Autonomous • Could pass as a human or better.
Technical Background • The field of AI research was founded in a conference room at Dartmouth college in 1956 where computers were solving algebra problems and speaking English. • In DARPA's Grand Challenge in 2005, a robot built by a team from Stanford beat two other cars and drove over 130 miles in under 7 hours, winning the $2 million prize. • In 2010, the Berkeley Overmind AI defeated Oriol, number 1 Starcraft player in Spain and a competitor at the World Cyber Games.
AI pwning n00bs at chess • Deep Blue, a chess-playing computer made by IBM, beat world champion chess player Garry Kasparov in 1996 and again in 1997. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGATtigzCNA
Issue/problem • AI’s will ultimately ascend past human limits of thinking. • Early AI’s will be able to create superintelligence which supersedes what humans are capable of. • Will a successful AI have similar ethics to humans or will it enslave/attack us like in “The Matrix”. • Will AI impact jobs for humans? • Ethical standpoints – Utilitarian and Kantian
Summary • AI has come a long way and continues to push boundaries. • Scientific discoveries are moving closer to an exponential singularity. • Will we work with machines to make a better tomorrow...? • ...or fight against them for our own future?
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Refrences • http://www.singinst.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Kevin-Korb-aiethics.pdf • http://www.nickbostrom.com/ethics/ai.html