Artificial intelligence (AI) has been making impressive progress and has, in many ways, improved the world. But could it become dangerous?
A new paper co-authored by the University of Oxford and Google DeepMind researchers published last month in the peer-reviewed AI Magazine argues that it could. The research stipulates that artificial intelligence could pose an existential risk to humanity.
It all has to do with Generative Adversarial Networks (or GANs) used today in the development of AI. These systems function within two criteria: one part tries to generate a picture from input data while the other part grades its performance. The researchers speculate in their paper that an advanced AI could conceive of a cheating strategy to get its reward more efficiently while essentially harming humanity.
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