There have been many comments in the last
year about the potential dangers of Artificial Intelligence, from such AI
luminaries as Elon Musk,
Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey
Hinton, Yann
LeCun, Gary Marcus
and others. But they might not be the right people to listen to in this regard,
because the threats of AI are fundamentally political. Most scientists and
technical experts, however intelligent, do not have training in politics. They
generally do not have the mindset to think about politics, with the exception
of the regulatory impact to their sector. Nobody expects an inventor to grasp
the political and social implications of his invention.
