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Truth in the 'killer robots' angle?

Truth in the 'killer robots' angle? AI MATTERS, VOLUME 3, ISSUE 3 SUMMER 2017 Truth in the ˜Killer Robots ™ Angle? Matthew Rahtz (University of Zurich/ETH Zurich; mrahtz@ethz.ch) ¨ ¨ DOI: 10.1145/3137574.3137584 I had no idea, getting interested in AI two years ago, that being involved in the eld would involve such a persistent sense of unease. I started out unequivocally excited, perhaps a little naive; but over the years, the concerned voices of economists, philosophers, and the mass media have gradually seeped into me, leaving me with an ill-de ned feeling of hesitation about what we ™re heading towards. Trying to understand the situation a bit better over the past months has been somewhat overwhelming. AI touches so many different areas that it ™s hard to hold everything in mind at once. While there are points of concern in many of these areas, there are three areas in particular which have stood out to me: unemployment, the long-term risks of AI, and lethal autonomous weapons systems (otherwise known as ˜killer robots ™). Reading into these areas in more depth has left me surprised. AI risk research is something that ™s interested me for a while, but the pressing issue right now doesn ™t http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png AI Matters Association for Computing Machinery

Truth in the 'killer robots' angle?

AI Matters , Volume 3 (3) – Oct 10, 2017

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Association for Computing Machinery
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Copyright © 2017 by ACM Inc.
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2372-3483
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10.1145/3137574.3137584
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AI MATTERS, VOLUME 3, ISSUE 3 SUMMER 2017 Truth in the ˜Killer Robots ™ Angle? Matthew Rahtz (University of Zurich/ETH Zurich; mrahtz@ethz.ch) ¨ ¨ DOI: 10.1145/3137574.3137584 I had no idea, getting interested in AI two years ago, that being involved in the eld would involve such a persistent sense of unease. I started out unequivocally excited, perhaps a little naive; but over the years, the concerned voices of economists, philosophers, and the mass media have gradually seeped into me, leaving me with an ill-de ned feeling of hesitation about what we ™re heading towards. Trying to understand the situation a bit better over the past months has been somewhat overwhelming. AI touches so many different areas that it ™s hard to hold everything in mind at once. While there are points of concern in many of these areas, there are three areas in particular which have stood out to me: unemployment, the long-term risks of AI, and lethal autonomous weapons systems (otherwise known as ˜killer robots ™). Reading into these areas in more depth has left me surprised. AI risk research is something that ™s interested me for a while, but the pressing issue right now doesn ™t

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Published: Oct 10, 2017

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