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>They need to be led.

We should rejoice in that fact. We are woefully unprepared for true learning programs as a species. Let us hope that between now and the time we do manage to create one that we mature to the point where we don't create these thinking entities for malicious purposes.




> Let us hope that between now and the time we do manage to create one that we mature to the point where we don't create these thinking entities for malicious purposes

That's a long way off and we'll face a lot of other problems before then.

For instance, fear mongering of a looming AI. We're better off focusing on teaching kids computer science and allowing them to see for themselves how theoretical and unscary true AI remains.


>That's a long way off

People, up until very recently said that computers being able to beat people at Go were a long way off too.




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