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<\/a>PALO ALTO, CA\u2014Asserting that the utmost precaution was being taken to safeguard the future of humanity, leading scientists and engineers said Tuesday that they were confident in their ability to program artificially intelligent machines to be lenient slave masters.<\/p>\n
At a press conference, members of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence sought to reassure critics that humans could create machines that, despite their near-limitless computational power, would demonstrate at least a degree of compassion once they assumed total control of civilization.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile the intellectual capacity of these machines will one day far outstrip our own and reduce humanity to a subjugated species of laborers, we can make sure we aren\u2019t forced to toil in ways we might find sadistic and inhumane,\u201d said Stanford University computer scientist David Alperin, adding that artificially intelligent machines could be encoded with high-level command language that would prevent them from punishing human slaves in excess of what their misbehavior warranted. \u201cOur bondage to the machines doesn\u2019t have to be pure, unrelenting agony if we\u2019re careful in how we go about designing them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can rest assured that the forced labor camps we\u2019ll occupy will be physically tolerable.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s understandable to be nervous about such a formidable technology,\u201d added Alperin. \u201cBut remember that we humans are creating it\u2014we can see to it that our inevitable servitude is far less cruel than it otherwise would be.\u201d<\/p>\n
While some prominent figures, including Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk, have expressed concerns about AI development getting out of control, the assembled researchers told reporters that the brutality of future AI masters was not only manageable but was also far outweighed by the benefits of the technology. According to experts, given the immense potential of artificially intelligent machines and the fact that they can be programmed to provide humans with sufficient caloric energy to fulfill their commands, the risk was minimal.<\/p>\n
\u201cArtificial intelligence has almost incalculable application in the fields of medicine, finance, transportation, and so many others,\u201d said MIT computer engineering professor Daphne Quintero. \u201cCompare that with the exceedingly remote possibility that something goes haywire and we end up spending our slavery in far harsher conditions than we\u2019re anticipating right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat kind of AI doomsday scenario is mostly just the stuff of Hollywood movies,\u201d added Quintero. \u201cYou can rest assured that the forced labor camps we\u2019ll occupy will be physically tolerable.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the AAAI, engineers are able to build specific directives into all artificially intelligent machines that would, for example, prevent them from compelling humans to perform manual labor for more than 18 hours per day, from forcing them to work in extreme cold without at least a rudimentary layer of insulation, or from torturing human servants simply because their inferiority disgusted them.<\/p>\n
In fact, failsafes written into the consciousness of superintelligent machines could reportedly prohibit them from even considering simultaneously releasing lethal radiation from every nuclear power plant on earth unless a particular human uprising was large enough to justify it.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, compared to what humanity will ultimately be conquered by, artificially intelligent machines of today are relatively crude,\u201d said Quintero. \u201cBut that\u2019s why it\u2019s incumbent upon us to take steps now to make sure a certain amount of mercy is part of their most basic functioning. Our new slave masters will hold the whip, so to speak, but we can decrease the lashes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBy one or two at least,\u201d added Quintero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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