Artificial Intelligence says we're in trouble, so what's next?
The technology known as artificial intelligence, or AI for those who are into the whole brevity thing, has been hailed as the answer to many of humanity's problems. Naturally, a lot of the hailing has come from humans with a vested interest in the technology, like those who sell the chips and code and connectivity and electricity that make AI possible. For exanple, as I'm writing this I see that one of the world's largest sellings of software (Oracle) has put in a $4 billion order to one of the largest chip makers (Nvidia). In light of this, some humans are wondering what AI says about the problems which it is supposed to be solving. We want what to know what advice it has for us on the big issues of the day. We'd also like the people who are selling us AI to know what it is saying, and hear from them what they are going to do about it. The following scenario illustrates how this might play out: AI says that companies like X should be doing Y, yet X refuses to do Y. Thi...