What Does AI Have to Accomplish to Avoid Failure?
This Page is UNDER CONSTRUCTION . I'm reading Max Tegmark's book (video above) Life 3.0 Being Human in the Age of AI (reviewed in the Notes ). The book has me thinking: Right now, the effects of AI are speculative. Nothing amazing or catastrophic has actually happened. It's all Hype. Here are some concrete things that AI will have to do or it will be considered a failure: Invent a new drug or treatment that actually cures some major human disease (e.g. a cure for cancer ). Prevent a Pandemic (e.g. COVID-19 ). Improve Social Systems Find a way to create a Steady State Economy and prevent societal collapse . Limit Climate Change so far, Humans have been struggling with the problem. Expand Democracy in a meaningful way. Some critics consider that democratic regimes often fail to be true to the highest principles expected of them, while others reject the values promoted by constitutional democracy in whole or part. Prevent a World War it is quite nai...
