The seriously dark side of AI will likely come from DHS

As someone who tries to stay on top of the Artificial Intelligence news, I’ve wound up covering plenty of developments in the field, some including alarming warnings about problems AI could create for humanity in the future. These range from algorithms stealing all of our jobs to Terminator-style robots stalking the landscape looking for the remnants of humanity. But they all have one thing in common. Competing Silicon Valley eggheads race to create a machine that’s smarter than us and inevitably succeed, with the machines equally inevitably outsmarting us. But what if that’s not where the real danger lies? What if the worst possible outcome actually involves AI that remains “tame” and does just what the humans tell it to do? And what if those humans are the ones with truly evil intentions? What if they work for our own government?Read More