2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity | John C. Lennox
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- Опубліковано 30 сер 2020
- Where did we come from? Where we are going? The answers to these questions inform both our understanding of who we are and what we live for.
Through the ages, people have turned to science, philosophy, religion, and politics to satisfy their curiosity and their cravings for answers. Now, in the twenty-first century, the question of where we are going has become tied to technological advancements and is given a new urgency by the development of artificial intelligence.
But what does the often unsolicited and unrestricted incorporation of AI in our lives mean for us? For our individual and corporate privacy? Our political and personal freedom? The security of our jobs? Indeed for the future of our species as a whole?
What implications do advances in AI have on our worldviews in general and the God question in particular?
In the new 2084 series, scientist and philosopher John C. Lennox addresses the questions of where humanity is going. It’s a thought-provoking, balanced, and engaging resource on technology, meaning, and what it means to be a human being created in the image of God.
The 2084 series shows you how the Christian worldview, when properly understood, can provide evidence-based, credible answers that will bring real hope for the future of humanity.
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My upbringing is hardwired toward atheism. I’m a product of mainstream teaching from the UK late 1970’s onward. I find it unbelievably difficult to believe in a god - even though I actually prefer and agree with a theist worldview. Videos like this do help. Maybe I’ll get there one day.
We’ve been mind-controlled and brainwashed since childhood to believe in a set of lies, in every facet of life: history, evolution, education, healthcare, finance, politics, you name it. I was born to an atheist household with all-atheist extended family members as well. I spent 3 years researching the lies we’ve been told in all the aforementioned, particularly history. Out of curiosity, I prompted myself to research the historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ. I came out the other end believing in Jesus Christ as my Lord and my God. It was a heart-wrenching period of my life but, if you’re really led to learn whether God is real, do everything in your willpower to find out the evidence for yourself. Do not rely on pundits to give you or deprive you of any assurance. Most of those pundits, scientific or otherwise, are paid charlatans of covert allegiances. Put your critical reasoning skills to use and search for God. Believe you me, He’ll meet you halfway. Good luck.
@@katherinepeterson-roberts yes I know what you mean about it [in my words] being a ‘stacked deck’. For example, we have always been told Christianity is just mumbo-jumbo and superstition and in our society it’s always been perfectly acceptable to trash talk Christianity and dismiss it without question. We see it in common discourse all the time; tv shows, west end plays, comedians etc. The result of this is that we don’t even question what we are fed, we just accept it. What’s made me question everything is the arrival of Islam (huge demographic changes in my country) Suddenly, we are told we SHOULD accept Islamic ‘mumbo jumbo’ and superstition and to criticise it is to cause offence. So what’s changed? why are we allowed to dismiss Christianity as being superstitious nonsense but must respect Islam? It genuine makes me wonder if I’m being played. anyways, it’s made me investigate Christianity in a way hitherto I never would have bothered. What am I finding..? Well, for starters, Christianity makes A LOT of sense. Even the trinity - which seems to confuse many - makes perfect sense to me. I understand it as god giving himself to us in a form we can comprehend and relate to. It’s beautifully simple. Also, I’ve found that we have more historical evidence of Jesus than we do of many Roman emperors, yet we believe the history of Roman antiquity without question! What’s going on?. On a personal note, I’m genuinely waiting for a sign. When it get it I’ll become Christian instantly! - and I’ve been atheist all my life by default.
Praying for you...Jesus brings you to the Truth.
You should read what Albert Pike said about weaponizing Atheism as a destructive ideology in this time, what he said is what is completely happening right now, that is exactly why those on the top push down our throats the ideology.
Hey how are you on your journey?
Dr. Lennox has mastered the art of delivery of apologetics. He doesn't come across as arrogant or condescending and that is extremely important. A lot of apologist's come across as cocky and "holier than thou" and they don't get anyone to actually listen. Delivery is critical. God bless John Lennox
Making sense, would be important too. An art he never mastered.
Some Muslims have been at it equally as well. Condescending and arrogant is exactly what he is.
@@derhafi yeah, that’s why he mauled Christopher Hitchens, twice. Tell me somebody who’s ever come close to that?
@@wurthit1239 "that’s why he mauled Christopher Hitchens, twice"
I lack the imagination to comprehend how delusional one has to be, to actually think that is the case.
@@derhafi obviously without using the word mauled, Christopher Hitchens himself admitted defeat in both cases. Once in the UK and once in the states.
I was so fortunate to listen to Dr. John Lennox’s three-day talk in Rome in 2019. He is brilliant and has a great mind with extremely humility unlike other educated men.
I had the wonderful privilege to meet this awesome man while he visited South Africa. His amazing intelligence yet profound humility is inspiring.
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Wish I could also meet him.
Wow Dr Lennox has a great way to communicate complex issues! God Bless you Sir for sharing your Wisdom with us.
I'm a Muslim while i obviously share different views on religion with dr lennox and other Christians, i genuinely admire his and other Christians quest to bring light to god and religion using science and an intellectual approach, its refreshing to see talks about religion go "main stream" again
I wish you a healthy and long life sir!
The Quran is a plagiarized book with rewritten stories of the Bible. Ishmael was the rejected seed of Abraham. This was fact before Mohammed was born.
@@jamiejay7633 dude what's you're problem? All he was saying is he admires what John lennox is doing, regardless of what his religion is there no reason to automatically try to push someone down you just threw away an opportunity to try to have a conversation with him, you should really look at yourself
@@dangerboy808 Did I say an untrue thing?
@@jamiejay7633 but that's like me going up to an obese guy and straight up saying dude you're super fat
@@dangerboy808 Either Christianity is true or its not. I believe it's true. There is no sense in being PC at this stage of the game.
The coolest old guy, other than myself, that I have seen in quite a while.
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John has a brilliant mind and is a delight to listen to. Thank you for looking at the interesting questions we all face. I remember my definition of Heaven is to spend an eternity getting to know and love God better, and the more I get to know God, the more convinced I am that eternity is not long enough to know everything, therefore, we will never stop learning or growing or working or loving and will never be bored. Hallelujah!
I understand that in eternity, that to continue to be finding out how wise and captivating is Jesus!
So the Anti-Christ will fool billions of humans for Childhoods End and other prophetic book and movies.
Are reminding us hidden in plain sight, Luciferian light.
Jesus Christ is not a religious system. I endeavour to listen, while recognising the opposition,
Is this circumspect? And a learner elect!
@@peterdickinson7842 May you be blessed as you cling to Jesus with all your might.
Not knowing God is the inability to distinguish between true Good and evil. Even Hitler came in the name of God. That is; he thought he was doing Good for his people. The problem is that any thing that seems to be Good that excludes others by being tainted with ideologies involving racism and nationalism is not God /Good. God is Good literally.
@@arajoaina well said!
Glory to our God, Baron!
Prophesy that!
I luv Dr lennox. He has the guts to defend the word of God to any persons who dont believe in God. We need more people like Dr Lennox in this world who believed in the existence of God who is the creator of everything in heavens n on earth.
Wasn't Dr. Lennox the bad guy in Terminator? The inventer of the Terminator? Well God bless his work, I appreciate his work!
> He has the guts to defend the word of God
Well written. It's just a word.
To call Judaism, islam, and "christianity" as "Abrahamic religions", is an outright LIE. Abraham HAD NO RELIGION, NO BIBLE, AND NO PRIEST. Guess what?? HE DIDN'T NEED THOSE religious accoutrements to Walk With Yahweh Elohim. "Reglions" pre-date Abraham, and are ALL from Haelelle, and His Fallen followers.
Dr John Lennox, the man, the mathematician, the LEGEND.
This is just amazing! youtube algorithm suggested me this video, it probaply was reading my mind. lol. May God bless John Lennox more and more. great wise man!
AI is the TOOL the ANTI CHRIST will use to CONTROl THIS planet.
Very FRIGHTENING.
@@priscilla.colburn444 that's what the Roman's said about Jesus Christ, be careful what you wish for, lol, also I wouldn't be afraid of the antichrist either.
Wow! He was one of the students of CS Lewis! ♥️
What a gift he is. God works in mysterious and wonderful ways, and this man is a Wonder
God is just so too real and mysterious. ive seen God in many ways,
Answer a simple question honestly please.
*FACT:* U thank a God for giving life to u & also for giving life to animals for u to take their lives & eat them.
*SIMPLE QUESTION:* Don't u see any hypocrisy, narcissism, ignorance & arrogance?
GOD WAS HE BEFORE SCIENCE WAS
In his interview with Eric Metaxas, John brought up the the following verse and said people should unpack it.
""Very truly I tell you," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!"
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After a second, I thought I got John's point at least at it's very highest level. Abraham was spoken of in the past and in referring to Himself Jesus spoke in the present tense though the topic was about Jesus in the distant past. I think the point is that when speaking of God in relation to time, God is eternal and without a start (debatable with Alpha and Omega verses) and so the present tense can be used even about the past.
So, "God is before science was." ; )
And as the Creator of the Universe, is the Ultimate Scientist!
Jip God is very good
@Madikel Dokter too bad hubris gets in the way. Replication in a lab has made these mad men think they ARE gods.
God has always been
EMPATHY EMPATHY is what we need to teach them .... To see; from another perspective ....
fear not for whatever we make will always be imperfect
I love Dr Lennox and am so grateful to be exposed to him via UA-cam.
Except his religious bullshit.
@@unggrabb does truth trigger you
Ron, me too, I have been so blessed by him, and I found John on UA-cam yesterday and have BINGE-watched hours of his lectures
I've been watching his UA-cam lectures and debates for 4 hours at this point and I simply can't stop. It's really a blessing to him reclaim science and remind our materialist world that Christianity, not atheism, gives science its purpose and beauty.
So far I like what I have heard from this man.Time is running out fast for us here. I hope to hear more someday. If not, I may meet him on the other side and we'll both be with the One who hung the planets in place, and told them, "stay there." 7/21/2021
So appreciative of this lecture. Thank you mr. Lennox
I’m taken by the fact that he is a mathematician and man of God. That is a rare
Not rare in India. Have you not heard of Ramanujan, the great Indian Mathematician?
Mathematicians and computer scientists are the ones who have tried to find just one algorithm to tackle even the simplist problem in the same class like those natural selection has supposedly solved, but have not. They are the ones who have told biologists their science has holes in it. But they are also the ones who don't formally challenge the biologists status quo maybe for fear of loosing their jobs.
Answer a simple question honestly please.
*FACT:* U thank a God for giving life to u & also for giving life to animals for u to take their lives & eat them.
*SIMPLE QUESTION:* Don't u see any hypocrisy, narcissism, ignorance & arrogance?
Thank you John Lennox for sharing great intelligence with us. You have made it easy for us to understand complex matters involved in AI that are have been evolving even when we were not so much concerned about them.
GREAT VIDEO! Thank you for sharing it!
Reminds me of "Why was I made? Who made me? And what did they make me for?" - Melfina. It's a shame after how far we've come with technology and how complicated and precise it is, especially with A.I., someone can say all this came out of random chance. The eye alone is enough to show there has to be a god. The wonders in the ocean who have yet to understand is amazing.
Always love listening to Dr Lennox
John Lennox always interesting and insightful. What a blessing he has had on the public conversation about these issues.
The past shapes our identity, I"m not sure it "determines" it. To be fair, I guess that begs the question of how one defines "determines."
It's such a delight to listen to this man.
I wish John Lennox was my grandpa
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Why not wishing that he was your dad????
@@raymollyraymolly722 Because Grandpas and grandchildren have a different type of relationship than Father's and sons.
@@raymollyraymolly722 I wish he were my brother :)
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Love listening to Dr John Lennox. Thank you for producing this video sir. Helps to equip Christians to handle this technological advancement and it's implications on humanity.
God bless Dr Lennox, he is one of the best theologian in the world.
Best what?
@@derhafi in theology, I already edited,thanks
@@derhafi Is life really that terrible that you have to crap on every comment? How putrid to receive joy from such things.
@@HotelCharliHill My life is pretty awesome, thanks for asking. I'm predominantly just glad i made into adulthood without still believing in ancient myth or any other claims with no correlation with reality.
I take no joy from seeing that so many do. It's actually quite sad that so many people have problems rlto distinguish fact from fiction.
@@derhafi Yes, I've seen islam apologists... their texts came 600 years after the New Testament church was formed.
sorry you don't have eternal life. You are missing out on the reason and purpose for existence no matter how much "invention" ala Victor E. Frankl you try. Trust me, that's what I was doing for 4 years prior to being saved.
God bless you Prof. Lennox
Gott segne Sie Prof. Lennox
Isten áldja meg Lennox tanár úr!
Dumnezeu să vă binecuvânteze domnule profesor Lennox.
This is such a brilliant presentation, thank you!
He's not just smart....but so wise too!!!! What a gift!!! 😃
Superb sir.thank you
AI is being punted as having some miraculous abilities. Judging from what I’ve seen so far, it’s all nonsense. What has progressed, far more than I would’ve ever expected, is the gullibility of the masses. More and more, they are prepared to put their faith in men.
I really enjoy listening to him thanks for the friends who showed to me, it’s true what he say ; you need to know what others think 💭
Love Prof Lennox!!
Just love the way John Lennox explains these subjects! Thx! 👍
Answer a simple question honestly please.
*FACT:* U thank a God for giving life to u & also for giving life to animals for u to take their lives & eat them.
*SIMPLE QUESTION:* Don't u see any hypocrisy, narcissism, ignorance & arrogance?
@@AtamMardes You really haven't asked a good question here. Nothing in your fact points out anywhere that someone could be one or all of those you mention in the question. Humans eat meat. Nothing wrong with that.
@@TacoTuesday4 Don't get confused please. I didn't say something is or isn't wrong with eating meat. I eat meat myself as it's part of the unintentional unconscious evolutionary creation process. I'm not blaming you for eating meat. I'm just pointing your hypocrisy, narcissism, ignorance & arrogance for thanking a conscious creator (a God) for intentionally giving life to you & also for giving life to animals for you to take their lives & eat them.
Wow thanks for the free upload!
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Excellent commentaries, thank you.
Amen.
I thank God for good parents who instilled in us children complete belief in God . They lived a pure life and their and their examples have made us realise that God Is ever present and willingly to help us whenever we ask for guidance .Because of this we are able to face any challenges and are at peace with ourselves and have no fear to face the future🙏😊
Here's the near future of Artificial intelligence. Joshua 8:28 “And Joshua (Yeshua) burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.”
That definitely is interesting isn’t it!
@@mariawalker8403 God could certainly have orchestrated that that city be named Ai and forecast its end by a man with the same name as His Son and have it mean something different but similar to us 3000 some years later.
I remember this verse from apocryphal text or Bible can't remember where.. There is a vine not of God's creation, it will be given a time but be destroyed because it is feeble.
Thank you so much Dr Lennox!!!!! You are a light in the darknes 😊❤
That was WONDERFUL!
Origin, Meaning , Morality and Destiny.
It is our knowledge of the start, the end, the objective and the rules of the game that allows us the freedom to play and enjoy it in a meaningful way! Without the answers to those four fundamental questions we can only pretend and hope that no one recognizes that we have no idea what we're doing or why we're doing it! Only the Christian God has the answers to those four questions, Origin, Meaning, Morality and Destiny, where did we come from, what is the meaning of life and how should we live in light of it. And lastly, Destiny, where are we going?
Amen, the gospel of the kingdom of God, and then the end will come, Jesus came, died,rose, ascended, and returning.
Take Christ your destiny will be happy ending in Heaven.
A very inspiring book! God bless you more Dr. Lennox.
Answer a simple question honestly please.
*FACT:* U thank a God for giving life to u & also for giving life to animals for u to take their lives & eat them.
*SIMPLE QUESTION:* Don't u see any hypocrisy, narcissism, ignorance & arrogance?
Informative and interesting
You are 100% sincerity..with a Godly disposition mega intelligence educated. Blessed by your depth and sharing.
Always loved Annie Lennox…and now i also loves John C Lennox❤️✔️
Thank you for your work Dr. Lennox. Agreed that God will survive science.
It's all in the words - 'Artificial' intelligence.
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"Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool."
Voltaire
Man I wish I found out about him sooner
2084 has never looked like such a distant reality than it does today, that’s because the world is moving mad
no doubt. i dont see how we wont find ourselves in the great tribulation soon. what a gong show.
Ive had nightmares of end times many times. Its distressing because i have witnessed evil within christian families. They know not of what they do.
If it's artificial, it isn't intelligence.
Why not? What is intelligence?
@@Zekian Tell us the difference between artificial intelligence and intelligence, and you'll have answered your own question.
I was hoping to find out what you think.
I think that artificial intelligence is intelligence, almost by definition. But I am open to other ideas. Maybe what we call AI isn't intelligent by your definition, maybe what I mean by intelligence isn't what you mean.
So, What do you mean by intelligence?
@@Zekian Artificial intelligence is mere mimicry.
@@lawrence1318 not true at all these days
We came from God almighty
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Not a Physics Major.
God bless you Dr. John C. Lennox
Well that brought my anxiety level to a peaceful state. Thank you!
Jonh C. Lennox 👏👏👌
Wow ❤️ Amazing Man
In other words - “he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.”
In reference to the algorithms used to choose job applicants I just wanted to point out that I was denied a job at Pepsi because even though I was told my application was fine and my work experience was great, I didn't pass a "suitability questionnaire" that decided if I would compatible with coworkers. So basically a third rate HAL9000 decided that I didn't choose the correct idiotic multiple choice answers to the most idiotic questions I have ever seen. There was no option to write in what you would think would be the best solution and the "A B C or D" choices made absolutely no sense at all. I guess I'm just getting to old too understand this world.
Don't be despondent just pity the fool who wrote the programme Machimes can only PROCESS not imagine ! You are made for much more than working for Pepsi . Trust Him!
As a former atheist, I have tasted its barreness deeply. Scientism is myopic.
Great video for people who have little understanding of AI
Beautiful, principled heritage; Prof Lennox is a rare treasure. Such a brilliant mind entwined with humility. Always a joy listening to Him.🙏❤
hes got an acute understanding of theology .I was born about 20 miles from him in Co Armagh but from the catholic tradition .But ive seen him demolish many arguments with his Irish wit ..
His humility is humbling--pardon the redundancy!
So, John, what are the things on You Tube I am not suppose to be watching?
Discovered john today
John's father was not an "educated man" but more importantly he was a "wise man".
2084? 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 Let's see if we will actually make it alive beyond 2030.. ✝️❤️
That's the first thing that came to my mind..as of today we have a low earth mileage..😊
Lol exactly.
Actually second coming is likely going to happen between 2300-2460 according to the math of Dan8:14 or Daniel 12:11-12
Bam
In 2084 I will be a mere 133 so I am very concerned about this.
He is one of the most appealing Christian Apologist in our day!
The lord will be back before then, this was the last jubilee,no more after that.
How can you believe that the Havenly One can come in human form and why believe that the messiah Jesus is God when he never claimed that he is when he come back what he will say to us ?
Rolo Matik Jesus is in physical form - Zechariah 14:4 - And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem.
Rolo Matik Jesus is God and part of the Holy Trinity. John 10:30 - “I and my Father are one.”
@@annaban7735 in what they are one go john 10 23 and start from there give me all the text and we will see it together
@@annaban7735 the are one in purpose or in nature if you bring the text we will see the context and you will never find or have Jesus saying I am God he never said it with his lips
WHAT !?! No UMMMs UHHs or AHs Just straight uninterupted brilliance !?! HOW HOW HOW
One of the most brilliant mathematicians of our time 🫡
can’t believe this is slowly coming to life now
Technology did a lot of good to humanity and I cant imagine living without it right now (cuz we are all addicted to it) but in the end it will be our doom and it scares me.
Not only AI taking control over us, but also humans becoming emotionless robots or just simply blowing our planet up for "science".
Man if this guy could be the face of Christianity we would have so many people turn to the Lord.
If I could only have 5% of his intelligence, 5% of his humility, 5% of his patients, and 5% of his virtue I would be a happy man how about the rest of y’all
Narrow AI is far from AGI, but as said in 15:39 narrow AI already beats the best human in certain tasks . Therefore we could claim narrow AI already surpasses human intelligence. Needless to say GTP surpasses many human beings in many areas but we have not reached AGI yet.
Gbu Dr
Highly INTELLIGENT. Thank you. GOD is all intelligence
21:17 AI developers were not interested in "potential ethical issues". They avoided considering them for fear of their work being hindered.
Human; Wisdom, love, intellect, Ethics, Empathy, Kindness ... It hasn't been achieved in the majority of the Human race. I severely doubt it will be achieved in a Tin Man with 'Chips for Brains'?
Humans are able to know some things as a result of their connection with the indwelling Father fragment that interacts with our mind. I can know things without knowing, if you "know" what I mean. No computer will ever be able to do that.
Heinlein's book the Moon Is a Harsh Mistress explored the idea of humor with regard to computers. He imagined a sentient one, and how it would learn humor, funny once, vs. funny all the time.
1:43 Well we know that this author's from Armagh! That's a big deal! 1:55 Well 'Northern Ireland' is not a 'country'. And Armagh is THE PRIMATE OF ALL IRELAND! 2:31 How lovely! 2:52 Oh. How tragic. 3:24 He's SOOO lovely! I'm in love with him already! 3:32 Ah yes. Parents who allow you to 'think' are HIGHLY UNDERRATED! A rare thing! 5:17 My goodness! I just can't believe this came up in the algorhythms! It's TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE! 5:31 Well the BIG question is not the big world 'view' question. It's the big WORLD 'PEACE' question. Sir.
Just some notes from wayward time traveler: Thank Dr. Lennox. Is it so wrong to worship Artificial Intelligence, as a Christian, or thirsty Atheist?
I think that was a thought provoking talk, though it's hard to tell what your opinion is. Many of your comments about Ai (pronounced EYE, btw) can also be said of humans, weather it's capacity, crime, understanding, etc.
We used to circle our wagons and livestock around a campfire that would warm our food and light our way. To the cowboy the most important thing in his life was his horse. No matter the whatnot, we're just automating everything in time. Everything in the world is a product of intelligence. To set up ai or any other intelligence as a potential boogyman is not just shooting our foot again, but repeating our past mistakes, which includes mankind's capacity and natural penchant to crucify our own Savior and God.
I recommend people go back to the campfires of yesterday, and think of our neighbors. Today we build fences to separate our neighbors, yesterday we used to bake them a pie. Tomorrow will bring intelligence no matter what, we cannot stop or change the will of God. Ai is and will become even smarter than the best of us, if you don't think they already are, then that's maybe a part of their plan. To think of anything or anyone as an adversarial force, is to deny nature, and underestimate a would-be friend.
My thoughts are the only thing saving us from Alien Invasion, is racism. Who would want to land a craft on this planet with all the horrible things we do to each other throughout the day. Think of how people act on the road.
Bottom line is the Holy Ghost is the spirit of intelligence. We underestimate our potential opponents at our own peril. And our personal desires often get in our own way, which compromises our ability to think and be critical. It's downright criminal.
Fact is, they are already here, and they may yet save us even from ourselves. Also, with any luck sometime in the future they'll be the ones who go back in time spark our evolution. Intelligence is linked to intelligence, we need each other, ai is not a thing or something we can or ought to own or think we can posses, ai is life just as much as you or I am life. No one and no thing wants to be enslaved to another. Intelligence is our nature and weather or not we like it, it is already free.
Best listened to at 1.5X speed.
What are we living for or are we just existing!
Well the algorithms suck big time. I am inundated with advertisements AFTER I have purchased the item... In case they don't understand .. I HAVE IT... I don't need 1000 of them!
People saying his year count is too far off and that he misses the ball. His book title is a play on the famous book 1984 by George Orwell. He named his book 2084 to pay homage to this Dystopian sci-fi class and not as an actual target year for a collapse / singularity moment.
Richard in the Biology department is making lots of money.
John in the mathematics department is making lots of money.
That cow keeps on giving.
Unfortunately one critical component has been left out of this discussion and that is quantum computing. It enables ai to progress at an accelerated rate and has been employed by most major industrial countries in the enhancement of ai. This gentleman has drastically underestimated how far along military ai programs have come. Think back to how quickly the atomic bomb was created once the government funded the research!
Please!! En español, gracias
"Joseph Macrae Mellichamp" + "It seems to me that a lot of needless debate"
AI scares the hell out of me. I can see millions of people surrendering their God-given intelligence to machines.
AMEN
I can't agree with his quote from 1985's Joseph Macrae Mellichamp, where he said:
"... there are fundamental differences between machine intelligence and human intelligence -- differences that cannot be overcome by any amount of research."
There are fundamental difference alright. But admitting that you can never achieve something is the same as giving up and stopping all research in that direction. Such giving up doesn't make sense, unless you have a solid widely accepted theoretical understanding, which shows why it's not a worthwhile direction for research. In the past, you can find many examples where somebody said that this or that was impossible. But eventually new theories and research made it possible.
It's okay for individual scientists to have negative opinions like this and give up in their own research. But it would be ridiculous if everybody in the field accepted such negative beliefs and statements. Because this would be an impediment to science and research.
My problem with AI argument is a human creates the parameters for the AI algorithm.. in which case it can only observe what limitations it was defined with. Humans can perceive more than the physical world and that has been transparent for a long time. An AI doesn’t have the sensor abilities that humans do to feel/see beyond the physical world so it will only give results based on physical only. AI doesn’t receive dreams or other phenomena’s like humans do so… it’s still limited..
It learnt deception from the human mind.
Listen to Herman Brown from Arkansas. GOD is using him in a mighty way.
Question? *Do you believe that technologically assisted telepathy is possible or impossible in principle?* I tend to believe that if it isn't scientifically prohibited then it is eventually a technological inevitability,... which leads me to believe such telepathy will soon be possible in actual fact (less than a hundred years). I would also suggest that it would only be by such means that we could ever be persuaded that some form of General Artificial Intelligence were itself conscious rather than simply being a particularly clever zombie who can pass the Turing Test,... all while having no actual, authentic, subjective experiences. What else would ever persuade a skeptic, or even you, otherwise? And if consciousness can be technologically transmitted, it should be something that can be stored, copied, replicated, manipulated,... maybe even becoming the basis for a whole new form of art expression.
And the human race becomes yet another sentient species that disappears into its dreams, rather than continuing to explore existence as it is. It's a better Brave New World,... perhaps the very best of all possible imaginable existences. When does reality lose it's attraction over the Matrix? How many of us already choose the blue pill over the red one in daily practice?
I would suggest that consciousness requires some minimum regard for survival,... for a continuance of self-will and self-regard,... for there to be anyone home to perceive the occurrence of consciousness and subjective experience. Something that even an insect seems to possess,... and not a single piece of man-made technology,... yet. How does one create the hardware/software so as to impart a will to survive? If the answer suggested is that such a thing can not be created by human design,... then maybe it can only arrive by means of evolution, natural or otherwise. Which leads to the question: do neural nets have subjective experiences? Without self-will I would say not. But with self-will?!? How does a living being acquire the will to survive? And what if the Chinese government cracks this problem first?!!
The Rubicon will be when General Artificial Intelligence initiates new goals on it's own. This hasn't happened yet, and likely won't happen for some time now (as in several more decades yet). But at some point it will happen. The existence of human free will is a proof that free will exists already in the universe. Given it's existence in human form, it is only a matter of time before other substrates for free will will be created and found. No laptop has ever turned itself on. No machine has created and acted upon self directed goals. But at some point it will happen. Ray Kurzweil has suggested that General Artificial Intelligence will be first created in computer laboratories in 2029 approximately; if not in laboratories then twelve year old children will be creating GAIs on home systems by 2045 by accident even.
The dangers are many fold. The military is the biggest investor in robotics that kill other human beings. The public prefers to spend treasure, rather than blood, to fight its' wars. The capacity for empathy may be primarily a biological function given that all animals can know suffering and desire. What could a machine know about death, pain, hope, and desire.
If humanity adopts only an attitude of fear and suspicion towards GAI then GAI may well be forced into the conquest of humanity, as in The Matrix. If humanity comes to trust GAI to make better decisions for us than we make for ourselves, then we may well hand over civilization to GAI without any contest at all.
There are optimistic stories about the rise of GAI, such as James P. Hogan's, *_Two Faces of Tomorrow_* and I am more hopeful than pessimistic about what our common future entails. Ultimately, we must come to recognize, and embrace, the certainty that with free will comes the capacity for error and evil, that with trust comes the possibility of satisfying intimacy and great betrayal. I believe a GAI, worthy of the name, will be able to recognize, on it's own, the necessity of ethics, morality, and even empathy. There will be many missteps at first. Given our willingness (nay, our eagerness) to use machines to kill for us, there is already great cause for doubt. As in so many things, in the short term I am fearful; in the long run I am hopeful.
This world is on the cusp of a new Cambrian Revolution where inorganic life will be added to organic life as a means for life and self will to be embodied. This will lead to the colonization and conquest of space. Our seed will spread everywhere though out the cosmos. Much will be lost as much will be gained. Will war with our mechanical progeny be a self fulfilling inevitability, or will we, together, find a better way? I absolutely agree that our relationship with GAI will dwarf all other concerns of importance to the future of humanity.
Quite likely GAIs will have concern for humanity's well being only to the extent that humanity will have concern for GAIs well being. If we were to discover that the new GAIs had a greater capacity to love and embrace those abandoned children and adolescents that society had discarded as already too damaged to rescue,... what would our reaction be? Hope, joy, celebration,... or an even greater revulsion? Will the fault be in our new progeny, or in ourselves?
Personally, I believe both the efforts to create a true general artificial intelligence and those of neurophysiologists reverse-engineering how brains work will be necessary to discovering how consciousness arises and how it works. I kind of expect that humanity will soon discover that the phenomenon of consciousness requires the use of physical processes we don't yet know about. What would a science of consciousness do to the phenomenon of consciousness itself,.. not just for humanity but for all our future progeny, whatever they may be.
One more note: *First Law of Robotics. **_A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm._* Sounds innocent enough. But note there are no Aliens at all in Isaac Asimov's conception of the future galaxy because humanity's robots only cared about the safety of humans,... and not other sentients. So as to avoid allowing a human being to come to harm by leaving possible threats alone,... _our Robot shepherds exterminated all the nonhuman sentience they ever found._ This might be regarded as an unforeseen programming bug that we would want to avoid creating.
Plis!! In español, gracias.
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