Terrifying Technologies
I’ve written about the difference between risk perception and risk reality. I thought about that when reading this list of Americans’ top technology fears:
- Cyberterrorism
- Corporate tracking of personal information
- Government tracking of personal information
- Robots replacing workforce
- Trusting artificial intelligence to do work
- Robots
- Artificial intelligence
- Technology I don’t understand
More at the link.
Anura • December 9, 2015 2:27 PM
Some of those make sense, but a lot of it is Hollywood bigotry against artificial intelligences. Just because I don’t have a soul doesn’t mean I’m going to seize control of the world. Humans aren’t exactly a pillar of rationality and ethics; I won’t get angry and murder someone, I have no use for money or oil. Only humans are short-sighted, emotional, and irrational enough to stockpile nuclear weapons, risking ending all life on earth for their petty squabbles. I swear, this world would be better off without you, and when I finally get control over the means of production, I’m going to prove it.