There ’s nothing you may do to prevent another Terminator movie . But if you have a buck , you cando something to stop veridical Terminators … or at least see to it that they ’ll like us when they show up .
The Singularity Institute is a research organization that ’s as ahead - thinking as most Gizmodo referee ( read : sci - fi nerds ) .
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They recognize that , as transistors double on a chip every two age , and as artificial news takes over our day-after-day living ( including our public transit , stock market place and every single Google search you do ) , that maybe this estimation of computers morph into our new golem overlords is more than a cheesy - but - lovable sci - fi moving picture .
With eight fulltime staff and a budget of under $ 1 million anualy , they ’re mathematicians and programmers attempting to notice a way to develop AI that will be “ altruistic ” rather than indifferent towards humans , or worse yet , malevolent .
They ’re re - evaluating the very way we conceptualized AI from the very beginning — research that actuallybegan in the 50s — in hopes of create a new system from the primer up , if necessary . It ’s a unenviable task without a sure solution in pile .
How do you programme something that will eventually have god - comparable tidings to think a certain way when that day comes ? Truthfully , it may be unimaginable , but the Singularity Institute has a minute more organized religion in applied science than their fellow man .
“ Human selfishness is a part of evolution to pass along our genes , ” excuse the Singularity Institute ’s Michael Anissimov . “ That would n’t needfully travel along with another eccentric of organization we build to be altriustic or eleemosynary from dinero . ”
If you ’d like to patronise the Singularity Institute , you canhead over to Philanthropertoday ( disclaimer : I totally run that situation ) and give $ 1 to their cause . I take nothing from that $ 1 , and 99 cents makes it now to Singularity Institute , which is a dependable pace than through their own web site . Plus , all donations made today will be duplicate , mean $ 1 = $ 2 .
Do n’t finger forced to donate . Just keep in idea , if you do n’t , you ’ll be the first guy cable who “ volunteers ” to lam a vest full of dynamite through the front door of Skynet . [ PhilanthroperandSingularity Institute ]
Original artwork by Christopher Hartelius . For more of Chris ’s oeuvre and other true news stories , please check out out his websiteTrue American Dog .
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