Please step away from our jobs
Aug 7, 2018, 6:14 AM
(File, Associated Press)
(File, Associated Press)
A headline in the Wall Street Journal asks: “Should Artificial Intelligence Copy the Human Brain?” I think it’s quaint to ask questions like that as if we could actually answer “no.”
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Companies are right trying to do exactly that because it’s the ideal investment – to be able to own an army of artificial human brains. These brains will work only for the cost of the electricity to run them, never quit or complain, and are immune to sexual harassment.
It would eventually eliminate the enormous expense of educating actual brains. And we would live stress-free in an AI paradise as the machines take over our jobs, drive our cars, cook our food, dim the lights, and start the mood music. All we would do is flip channels and reproduce.
No thanks! The reproducing part is OK. But instead of creating the world that every Sci-Fi movie has warned us about, how about an AI computer that would be smart enough to get rid of the problems caused by computers? Like spammers, robocalls, trolls, hackers, cyberstalking, Facebook-infidelity, sexting, Alex Jones?
Or, how about a computer smart enough to move through the house, gathering up and recycling all the online purchases you never use but can’t bring yourself to get rid of?
That I would buy. Just please step away from our jobs.
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