During the Apollo 15 mission in 1971, astronaut David Scott dropped a hammer and a feather on the Moon at the same time, and both objects hit the lunar surface simultaneously.
And proved Galileo correct.
Peter Jackson reunited with Guillermo Del Toro (who was initially directing The Hobbit) and George R.R. Martin (Author of A Song of Ice and Fire) at the opening of George Lucas' Museum of Narrative Art
Reading Dune, it’s so clear Frank Herbert understood the threat of AI decades ago.
In his books, humanity once fought a catastrophic war against “thinking machines”: the Butlerian Jihad. Afterwards, artificial intelligence was banned.
But Herbert’s insight was waaaaay more interesting than “thinking machines will rise up and kill us”.
The machines weren’t really the enemy. The actual danger was, as a reverend mother conceded, “human beings using machines to dominate other human beings”.
People handed over more and more of their thinking, judgement and agency to machines because they were promised convenience and freedom.
What they actually got instead was a concentration of power in the hands of those who controlled the technology: The Titans.
Sound familiar?
The technology itself isn’t the problem. It’s those that control it. Put it under democratic control and the problems don’t disappear but do become more manageable.
Norway's Prime Minister rips apart Trump's stupid letter. Love this!
Every leader that receives a letter like this from DJT should do the same.
Thanks for your attention to this matter! BRILLIANT!
I'm sorry the fact that I made a lot of money and use some of it to help defend women's rights makes you feel so angry and inadequate. On the bright side, you seem to have a nice dog, unless that's a stock photo.