ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE QUOTES VIII

quotations about artificial intelligence

The next innovations will come through artificial intelligence. From then on, it will be the AI innovating. We need to think about our role as technologists and we need to think about the ramifications--positive and negative--and we need to transform ourselves as innovators.

ATEFEH RIAZI

attributed, "United Nations CITO: Artificial intelligence will be humanity's final innovation", Tech Republic, February 19, 2016


The essence of artificial intelligence is massive, intuitive computing power: machines so smart that they can learn and become even smarter. If that sounds creepy, you are overthinking the concept. The machines are becoming quicker and more nimble, not sentient. There is no impending threat to humanity from computers that become bored and plot our doom. HAL, the computer villain from "2001: A Space Odyssey," is fictional.

EDITORIAL BOARD

"Artificial intelligence isn't the scary future. It's the amazing present.", Chicago Tribune, January 1, 2017


If there is a way of guaranteeing that superior artificial intellects will never harm human beings, then such intellects will be created. If there is no way to have such a guarantee, then they will probably be created nevertheless.

NICK BOSTROM

attributed, "The superhero of artificial intelligence: can this genius keep it in check?", The Guardian, February 16, 2016


Ever noticed how DeepMind or Watson challenge and surpass human understanding? Well, these seemingly intelligent engines are not as intelligent as they appear. See, they were developed for specificities and cannot figure out anything outside of what they are programmed for.

PATRICK HENRY

"Just how Artificial is Artificial Intelligence?", TrendinTech, December 16, 2016


AI is already part of the operations within many companies we interact with every day, from Apple's Siri to how Uber dispatches drivers to the way Facebook arranges its Newsfeed. In fact, Facebook is making research into AI a priority, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently stating that one of his goals this year is to "code" a personal assistant to "help run his life."

JULIA BOORSTIN

"It's too late! Artificial intelligence is already everywhere", CNBC, January 26, 2016


Today's AI fills the computational gaps in human ability, and where computers fail to exercise executive function, humans are standing by to hold the flight controls, a symbiotic relationship and an augmentation of human endeavor that undermines the tale perpetuated by those with a flair for the dramatic. Guarding against a robotic uprising is prudent, but such Terminator-esque imagery distracts from the positive influence of today's AI. Climate change, rising sea levels, unsustainable population growth, pollution, Kanye West, disease, war, greed and willful ignorance could well combine forces to end humanity, but if AI is to have a role in that play, it's not the role of bad guy. It's that of a beacon that guides Earth to safety.

COLIN WOOD

"Grounding AI: Artificial Intelligence is Closer -- and Less Awesome -- than Most Realize", Government Technology, January 20, 2016


What's undeniable is how the possibility of AI stirs the imagination of the public. This is evident in the science fiction and entertainment we consume. We may have strong AI in a couple of years, or it might take a couple of centuries. What's certain is that we're unlikely to ever give up on the pursuit.

CAMERON COWARD

"The Future of Artificial Intelligence", Hackaday, February 13, 2017


It really doesn't matter if artificial intelligence is distracting us from whatever you think the "real" problem is. It's coming anyway.

KEVIN DRUM

"Artificial Intelligence Is Coming Whether You Like It Or Not", Mother Jones, February 6, 2017


Can we design AI systems whose goals do not conflict with ours so that we are sure to be happy with they way they behave? This is far from easy -- after all, stories with a genie and three wishes often end with a third wish to undo the first two.

STUART RUSSELL

"Should We Fear Supersmart Robots?", Scientific American, June 2016


Artificial intelligence is a big buzzword for 2017. Which I just hate because I'm barely hanging onto my natural intelligence, let alone buddying up to an unseen smarty pants who can order a taxi or a pizza or a pizza to eat in a taxi if I just tell it to.

CELIA RIVENBARK

"In 2017, artificial intelligence is horning in on the realm of advice", Star News Online, December 31, 2016


Pattern recognition and association make up the core of our thought. These activities involve millions of operations carried out in parallel, outside the field of our consciousness. If AI appeared to hit a brick wall after a few quick victories, it did so owing to its inability to emulate these processes.

DANIEL CREVIER

AI: The Tumultuous History of the Search for Artificial Intelligence

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Machine intelligence is the last invention that humanity will ever need to make.

NICK BOSTROM

TED Talk, March 2015


Machine learning and artificial intelligence are the keys to just about every aspect of life in the very near future: every sector, every business. If you run a business, its future depends on your ability to generate data about its activities, data that can then be fed into algorithms.

ENRIQUE DANS

"Right Now, Artificial Intelligence Is The Only Thing That Matters", Forbes, July 13, 2016


This is just the beginning as AI becomes a new member of the team. And visionary HR leaders will increasingly consider chatbots another co-worker, helping to orient and train them, and assisting the rest of the team in understanding how to work with them. The end result will be more time for employees to do what makes them uniquely human such as: complex problem solving, critical thinking, and creativity, the top three skills deemed essential By the World Economic Forum.

JEANNE MEISTER

"AI Plus Human Intelligence Is The Future Of Work", Forbes, January 11, 2018


Sci-fi loves to depict military AIs as malign killer minds or robots. But the truth is more subtle and more terrifying -- and it's happening right now.

KENNETH PAYNE

"Artificial intelligence is about to revolutionise warfare. Be afraid", New Scientist, September 12, 2018


Despite how it's portrayed in books and movies, artificial intelligence is not a synthetic brain floating in a case of blue liquid somewhere. It is an algorithm -- a mathematical equation that tells a computer what functions to perform.... In the world of AI, the Holy Grail is to discover the single algorithm that will allow machines to understand the world -- the digital equivalent of the Standard Model that lets physicists explain the operations of the universe.

JEFF GOODELL

"Inside the Artificial Intelligence Revolution: A Special Report, Pt. 1", Rolling Stone, February 29, 2016


The rise of smart machines is unlike any other technological revolution because what is ultimately at stake here is the very idea of humanness -- we may be on the verge of creating a new life form, one that could mark not only an evolutionary breakthrough, but a potential threat to our survival as a species.

JEFF GOODELL

"Inside the Artificial Intelligence Revolution: A Special Report, Pt. 1", Rolling Stone, February 29, 2016


I envision some years from now that the majority of search queries will be answered without you actually asking. It'll just know this is something that you're going to want to see.

RAY KURZWEIL

interview, Singularity Hub, Jan. 10, 2013

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One can imagine such technology outsmarting financial markets, out-inventing human researchers, out-manipulating human leaders, and developing weapons we cannot even understand. Whereas the short-term impact of AI depends on who controls it, the long-term impact depends on whether it can be controlled at all.

STEPHEN HAWKING

"Transcendence looks at the implications of artificial intelligence -- but are we taking AI seriously enough?", The Independent, May 1, 2014


Artificial Intelligence is a two-edged sword. On the one hand, it allows us to create intelligent artifacts with human-like perception and cognition. On the other hand, it accelerates people's heavy dependence on artifacts.

MAX BRAMER

Artificial Intelligence: An International Perspective