On: Ray Kurzweil Says He’ll Get ‘Unlimited Resources’ to Work on AI at Google

[untog]

Google is in the best position of anyone/any company to cause an AI disaster.

I imagine the CIA and/or defense contractors are in a better position- they have a ton of money, they work in AI... oh, and they also tend to equip their projects with a ton of destructive weaponry. Which gets deployed in foreign countries, sometimes without permission.

[theorique → untog]

Yes, once I see a Google-powered Reaper drone, I will be more concerned. Until they actually create a weaponized product, it's all handwaving.

[Jach → theorique]

To save ericb a third relink: http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer

The key quote is at the very top:

"The AI does not hate you, nor does it love you, but you are made out of atoms which it can use for something else." --Eliezer Yudkowsky

I wonder how EY feels when he reads threads like this. Maybe he just ignores them these days?