What do you think will happen when machines become sentient?

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At the current rate of technical progression, it is inevitable that machines will eventually become self-aware.
What do you think will happen when this finally does occur?

In your opinion, is it something to be afraid of, or do you think sentient machines will be more benevolent than science fiction makes them out to be? Is it wise to continue research in this area with the inherent risks?

Most recently, Stephen Hawking has warned society about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence.

What do you think?

[Kujako]

There is nothing to suggest that machine sentience is "inevitable". If it did happen, odds are against it being recognized as such. If it were recognized, odds are we'd turn them off.

[Blueobelisk]

At the current rate of technical progression, it is inevitable that machines will eventually become self-aware.

What evidence of this statement do you have?

[Vizardlorde]

They will kill off humanity and set out to explore space. :S

[Sassafrass]

They'll rebel and annihilate us.

Man rebelled against his god, why not machines?

[Racthoh]

i think it's something we need to fear in a great way. being in disagreement with something of that level intelligence could yield terrifying results. but i'm still hopeful to be alive to witness this technological singularity.

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At the current rate of technical progression, it is inevitable that machines will eventually become self-aware.
What do you think will happen when this finally does occur?

In your opinion, is it something to be afraid of, or do you think sentient machines will be more benevolent than science fiction makes them out to be? Is it wise to continue research in this area with the inherent risks?

Most recently, Stephen Hawking has warned society about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence.

What do you think?

Sentient and machines don't mix up together. Machines follow a set of instructions, even random functions are a set of instructions and not actually random as in asking a person for a random number.
I don't see self aware AI happening ...

[Reeve]

At the current rate of technical progression, it is inevitable that machines will eventually become self-aware.
What do you think will happen when this finally does occur?

In your opinion, is it something to be afraid of, or do you think sentient machines will be more benevolent than science fiction makes them out to be? Is it wise to continue research in this area with the inherent risks?

Most recently, Stephen Hawking has warned society about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence.

What do you think?

If they're really sentient, I don't see why they should be any more or less benevolent or moral than humans.

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Sentient and machines don't mix up together. Machines follow a set of instructions, even random functions are a set of instructions and not actually random as in asking a person for a random number.
I don't see self aware AI happening ...

There's plenty to suggest that humans operate in roughly the same way, yet we consider ourselves sentient.

[Septik]

if they were smart they would just rocket them selves off this rock.

[Kraenen]

I don't really understand the people who say these things are inevitable, and sort of usher them on like they're meant to happen, and like it's simply "progress", as if we had no choice over the matter.

[Annoying]

Well, there's a singularity that has to occur... that hasn't occurred yet. Machines can still only do exactly what we tell them to do. Until they can do something we don't tell them to do, they will never be sentient. We're no closer than we've ever been.

[Reeve]

I've always wondered what the supposed motivation is for robots to rebel against humans. What do they want that humans have and won't share? Food isn't an issue. Energy? Presumably by the time we get to robotic sentience we'll help them get all the energy they need. I guess I'm just not sure why they'd want to rebel.

[Vizardlorde]

We happen to be carbon based intelligent machines until we learn how our brain work machines wont suddenly become intelligent cause their primary function is to obey orders.

[Kujako]

I've always wondered what the supposed motivation is for robots to rebel against humans.

Have you met humans? We're dicks!

[teddytous]

These words actually don't make sense in the context of computers, and shouldn't be used nearly as much as they are. Writers took liberties with their use a long while back when scifi first started and it kinda just spun away and placed itself into the public phyche.

Self aware. What is the definition of self aware:
Conscious knowledge of one’s own character, feelings, motives, and desires.

Being self aware is predicated on having character, feelings, motives, desires. Having motives and desires are predicated one could argue on having feelings.

So lets talk about feelings... definition: The emotional side of someone’s character; emotional responses or tendencies to respond.
Feeling are based on character eh...

Character...The mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual. Ok... closing in here.

Moral qualities... a subjective ideal of right and wrong that is unique in every living thing... which are heavily influenced by feelings.... god dammit we looped back!

Will we ever have machines that can convincingly fool us into thinking they have some of these things? Probably, tricking human beings has never been particularly tricky. I don't think they will ever HAVE it tho, cause it's apples and oranges.

[Vizardlorde]

I've always wondered what the supposed motivation is for robots to rebel against humans. What do they want that humans have and won't share? Food isn't an issue. Energy? Presumably by the time we get to robotic sentience we'll help them get all the energy they need. I guess I'm just not sure why they'd want to rebel.

Our kind rebels against itself all the time I'm sure equally or more intelligent beings would too.

[Teph]

Also chances are high the first sentient robot will be a military one. Evil militaries won't treat it nice and it will hate all humans!

[Kraenen]

Well, there's a singularity that has to occur... that hasn't occurred yet. Machines can still only do exactly what we tell them to do. Until they can do something we don't tell them to do, they will never be sentient. We're no closer than we've ever been.

Why does a singularity have to occur?

[Belize]

Why does a singularity have to occur?

Because Science Fiction and reason and stuff. DON'T QUESTION IT.

[zorkuus]

Why does a singularity have to occur?

Because Ray Kurzweil said so in a youtube video. logic 101