IT IS A THING THING: OpenAI, Artificial General Intelligence, and the Emergence of Alien Life on Earth

“Nothing human makes it out of the near-future.” ___ Nick Land

“We think so much like computers today because they’ve defined what is thinkable.”___ James Bridle

“Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks.”___ Stephen Hawking

“I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I am rooting for the machines.” ___ Claude Shannon

“I’m increasingly inclined to think that there should be some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level, just to make sure that we don’t do something very foolish. I mean with artificial intelligence we’re summoning the demon.”___ Elon Musk

“Whoever perceives that robots and artificial intelligence are merely here to serve humanity, think again. With virtual domestic assistants and driverless cars just the latest in a growing list of applications, it is we humans who risk becoming dumbed down and ultimately subservient to machines.”___ Alex Morrit

The Thing Thing

When I was little kid, one particular Sci/Fi movie seriously scared the crap out of me. It was the original (1951) Howard Hawks version of The Thing. It had James Arness (of Gun Smoke fame) playing the murderous muscular carrot from outer space. In a…