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Measures to contain the Corona pandemic are the subject of politically charged debate and tend to polarize segments of the population. Those who support the measures motivate their acquaintances to follow the rules, while those who oppose them call for resistance in social media. But how exactly do politicization and social mobilization affect the incidence of infection? Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development have examined this question using the USA as an example. Their findings were published in
Applied Network Science.
Limit crowds, keep a safe distance, and wear masks. Such non-pharmaceutical interventions, which should be implemented by everyone if possible in order to contain the incidence of infection, have played a central role since the beginning of the Corona pandemic. These measures have been disseminated via not only traditional media such as newspapers, radio, and television but also social media to a large extent. We can see that the
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The premise sounds scary, but knowing the odds will help scientists who work on these projects.
Self-teaching AI already exists and can teach itself things programmers don’t “fully understand.”
In a new study, researchers from Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Human Development say they’ve shown that an artificial intelligence in the category known as “superintelligent” would be impossible for humans to contain with competing software.
That . doesn’t sound promising. But are we really all doomed to bow down to our sentient AI overlords?
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Berlin’s Institute for Human Development studies how humans learn and how we subsequently build and teach machines to learn. A superintelligent AI is one that exceeds human intelligence and can teach itself new things beyond human grasp. It’s this phenomenon that causes a great deal of thought and research.
Prepare For Skynet: Researcher Say Super-Intelligent AI Will Be Impossible to Control
January 15, 2021
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve and improve, researchers are offering a dire warning, saying super-intelligent AI will be impossible to control.
AI is one of the most controversial technological developments. Its proponents claim it will revolutionize industries, solve a slew of the toughest problems and lead to the betterment of humankind. Its critics believe it represents an existential threat to humanity, and will eventually evolve beyond man’s ability to control it.
An international team of researchers are now saying AI
will evolve beyond our ability to control it, based on theoretical calculations. In a paper published in the
Theoretical calculations showed it would be fundamentally impossible.
Jan 14th, 2021
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We are fascinated by machines that can control cars, compose symphonies, or defeat people at chess, Go, or Jeopardy! While more progress is being made all the time in Artificial Intelligence (AI), some scientists and philosophers warn of the dangers of an uncontrollable super-intelligent AI. Using theoretical calculations, an international team of researchers, including scientists from the Center for Humans and Machines at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, shows that it would not be possible to control a super-intelligent AI. The study was published in the
Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research.