The Future and Ethics of AI Flashcards

1
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What is the eventual goal of AI?

A

achieving capabilities equal to or greater than that of human intelligence

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What are 2 classifications systems of AI?

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weak and strong AI vs. narrow, general, and super AI

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What kind of AI do we have currently regarding the weak vs strong AI classification system?

A

weak AI

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What does weak AI do?

A

simulates some human capabilities

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What are some examples of weak AI?

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a robot that plays chess, chatbots, spotify shuffle, spam filters, smart assistants, autocorrect, self driving cars, navigation maps

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What is an example of strong AI?

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technology like in the movie Blade Runner

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When was the concept of weak vs strong AI first used and by who?

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John Searle in 1980

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8
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Is AlphaGo weak or strong AI?

A

weak

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9
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Is Watson weak or strong AI?

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weak

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10
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What is the definition of strong AI?

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AI that can perform various tasks at a human level

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True or false: Strong AI would be able to have emotions and think at human levels of consciousness?

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true

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What are some characteristics of strong AI?

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capable of general use in many fields, intelligence similar to human level, can learn independently, heave emotions, and self-awareness

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13
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What is narrow AI?

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AI that specializes in one task

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What is general AI?

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human-level AI

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What is super AI?

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AI that is superior to human intelligence

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What are examples of narrow AI?

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DeepBlue, Watson, AlphaGo, facial recognition, autonomous cars, Siri

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17
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Do we currently have any general or super AI systems?

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no

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18
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True or false: General AI systems can have thinking, social, and creative abilities?

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true

19
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What are characteristics of super AI?

A

have creativity, general wisdom, and social skills far superior to that of humans

20
Q

What is a concern of using super AI?

A

it will try to dominate humans with it’s superior intelligence and abilities

21
Q

What is a singularity in mathematical terms?

A

a point at which an equation becomes undefined

22
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What is singularity regarding AI?

A

a hypothetical future point in time at which AI creates new civilization by surpassing human capabilities

23
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What is the idea behind the Explosion of Intelligence?

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the starting point where AI surpasses human intelligence and when super AI emerges

24
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Who first proposed explosion of intelligence?

A

Irving Good

25
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How might AI develop faster than human intelligence?

A

superintelligent machines make more superintelligent machines that are better than themselves

26
Q

Who argued for singularity in technology and in what year?

A

Von Neumann in 1958

27
Q

Who popularized the singularity?

A

Vinge

28
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When is singularity predicted to be reached according to Ray Kurzweil?

A

2045

29
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When will the explosion of intelligence occur according to Yudkowski?

A

in 30 years

30
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Who criticizes predictions of singularity?

A

Pinker and Kaplan

31
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What is transhumanism?

A

the belief that human physical and mental abilities can be improved by using scientific technologies such as AI

32
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What does philosopher Nick Bostrom believe about super AI?

A

that humans may become extinct due to super AI

33
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What is an idea to counteract the threat of AI turning on humans?

A

designing AI with a love for humans

34
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What is the biggest obstacle we have to overcome in order to realize super AI?

A

overcoming human creativity

35
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What are other concerns for AI regarding humans and safety?

A

black market sale of AI weapons, powerful governments using AI to develop weapons

36
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What is a current example of an AI weapon?

A

an autonomous attack drone with facial recognition that can target specific people, genders, and races

37
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As a result of the dangers of AI, what is being done to prevent these?

A

AI rules and standards to govern AI developers

38
Q

What is an example of a chatbot that cause problems due to lack of ethics standards?

A

Tay, made racist and misogynistic tweets

39
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What is an example of AI ethics standards?

A

the EU AI ethical principles announced in 2017

40
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What are the general ideas of the EU AI ethics principles?

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AI must develop stably, personal information must be protected, AI development and management must be transparent, and there must be strict liability regulations

41
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What is another AI ethics standard?

A

Asilomar Principles of AI from a conference held in Asilomar in 2017

42
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How many principles are in the Asilomar AI principles?

A

23

43
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What are some ideas presented in the Asilomar AI principles?

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AI must be useful and beneficial to humanity, AI -based arms races must be avoided, research funding should focus on beneficial AI use, research must be transparent and collaborative, privacy should be taken into account