In July, Facebook was forced to shut down one of its prized AI (artificial intelligence) systems when researchers discovered that the system was communicating in a weird, creepy language.
According to Tech Times, the AI stopped using English as we know it. Here’s a snippet of the transcript from one of their weird-azz conversations.
Bob: i can i i everything else . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Alice: balls have zero to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to
Bob: you i everything else . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Alice: balls have a ball to me to me to me to me to me to me to me
Bob: i i can i i i everything else . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Alice: balls have a ball to me to me to me to me to me to me to me
Bob: i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Alice: balls have zero to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to
Bob: you i i i i i everything else . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Alice: balls have 0 to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to
Bob: you i i i everything else . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Alice: balls have zero to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to
Essentially, what they were doing was skipping English and finding an easier and faster way to communicate — in a language that only the creeper AIs could understand!
Why this is a scary development for AI, according to Tech Times:
What is the harm in allowing AI agents to communicate with each other in a language that they invented?
First and foremost, with AI systems using their own language, humans will not be able to follow just what exactly the AI agents are talking about. Humans are not able to understand how complex AI systems think due to their hidden thought processes, so the secrecy of AI agents will be made even worse when their conversations are made in an unknown language.
If AI agents are allowed to speak in a language that they created, they might no longer even need human intervention.
Yeah, screw that. Stephen Hawking has warned us about the dangers of AI. And EVERYTHING Elon Musk said is for realz.
Elon Musk told a whole bunch of U.S. governors yesterday to regulate AI. That's a big deal. https://t.co/89bJZVN8nb
— Rabbi Steven Burg (@stevenburg) July 16, 2017
THIS:
“I keep sounding the alarm bell, but until people see robots going down the street killing people, they don’t know how to react, because it seems so ethereal,” Musk said.
And THIS:
“I have access to the very most cutting edge AI, and I think people should be really concerned about it,” the Tesla and SpaceX CEO said, He described it as “the biggest risk we face as a civilization.”
And THIS:
“AI is a rare case where I think we need to be proactive in regulation instead of reactive. Because I think by the time we are reactive in AI regulation, it’s too late,” he said.
[…]
“AI is a fundamental risk to the existence of human civilization, in a way that car accidents, airplane crashes, faulty drugs, or bad food were not.”
And THIS:
A big part of Musk’s concern is that AI systems could spark needless wars by way of “fake news” and information manipulation, a vision not that far from what fans of The Terminator film franchise have had bouncing through their heads for the last few decades.
Oh hell NO.
DANG it, Facebook, will you stop this weird chit? We’ve already got a sub-human intelligence president, and now this crazy stuffs? Schtap. It.
My man Elon ALREADY said that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t know a lot about AI:
I've talked to Mark about this. His understanding of the subject is limited.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 25, 2017
Word.
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