Is "It" Directing Our Fate?

"I'm visualizing a moment in which we're going to show robots how dogs are for humans, and I'm looking for machines." -Claude Shannon

"The father of information theory" showed the power of artificial intelligence decades ago and we are seeing it now. We do not know, but most of our daily tasks are influenced by artificial intelligence, such as credit card transactions, the use of GPS in our vehicles, personal assistance provided by various applications of our smartphones or customer service in line through chatbots. That are very close to reality. But we are sure that in the future, the developments in artificial intelligence will not represent the greatest danger for us.

Today, this complex programming that is weak, AI reproduces the intelligence of human beings and surpasses humans in specific tasks. In the future, with the evolution of strong artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence will surpass almost all human tasks. The work and work that defines our identity and our way of life will be transmitted to the robots. There is no doubt that AI has the potential to be smarter than us, but we can not predict how it will behave in the future.

Currently, nobody in the world knows if a strong artificial intelligence will be beneficial or harmful to humanity. There is a group of experts who believe that strong artificial intelligence or superintelligence will help us to eradicate war, disease and poverty. In addition, some experts believe that it can be used criminally to develop autonomous weapons to kill human beings. They are also concerned about AI, which by itself can develop destructive methods to achieve the objectives.

Some people suggest that artificial intelligence can be handled as a nuclear weapon, but this comparison in itself is not wise. Nuclear weapons rarely need raw materials such as uranium and plutonium, while artificial intelligence is essentially software. When computers are powerful enough, anyone who knows how to write the appropriate code could create artificial intelligence anywhere.

Leading figures in the world of technology such as Bill Gates, Elon Musk and the great scientist Stephen Hawkins have already expressed concern about the future transformation of artificial intelligence. They are not wrong to see AI as the greatest existential threat because we already depend on intelligent systems and this dependence will only increase in the future.

What we could face in the future could be our own evolution. We control the world because we are the smartest. Can we maintain control when we are not the smartest? A visible solution today is to look for and be prepared for any possible future negative outcome. This will help us avoid the difficulties and benefits of AI.