Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk Eliezer Yudkowsky (yudkowsky@singinst.org) Forthcoming in Global Catastrophic Risks‚ eds. Nick Bostrom and Milan Cirkovic Draft of August 31‚ 2006 Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence Palo Alto‚ CA Introduction By far the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it. Of course this problem is not limited to the field of AI. Jacques Monod wrote: "A curious
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many positives and negatives ‚but the positives overshadowed the negatives. There were also things that were both positive and negative throughout the Industrial Revolution. During the Industrial Revolution there were many positive changes happening. Factories were being built which meant more jobs for people. The more jobs that came the population grew. People were leaving their life in the country for a factory job in the city. New inventions were being made to help people in everyday
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Assessing the impact of using Internet for competitive intelligence Here is the summary of an interesting scientific paper dealing with the impact of using the Internet for competitive intelligence. The Internet‚ as an information-rich resource and interorganizational communication tool‚ has transformed the way that firms gather‚ produce and transmit competitive intelligence (CI). The aim of this article is to assess the impact of the Internet on CI and the subsequent effects on the organization
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Hernan Cortes a positive or negative force in history? Villains aren’t always just found in the stories we pass down from generation to generation. They can be found in everyday life throughout history from all across the globe. But what makes someone a villain? The definition of villain is someone that is blamed for a particular evil or difficulty (Webster). Hernan Cortes fits this description and the actions taken while in Mexico can be viewed as evil‚ making him a negative force in their
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Dependency on Technology: Negative Impacts on Human Communication Quazi Mohammad Faisal North South University Tuesday‚ December 22‚ 2009 Abstract Technology has indeed made tremendous impact to society as well as on the quantity and manner by which we communicate with each other. The ease of communication may have been improved‚ but our lives have become more impersonal as a result. The research was focused on the area of technology’s application on our lives and how it is affecting
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CELIBRITY CULTURE HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON TEENAGE LIFE. Is it normal that seventy percent of the celebrities‚ male or female end up taking drugs or becoming alcoholic? Is our society like that? During the last twenty years many celebrities become stupidly rich‚ and don’t really know what to do with the money or how to manage those tremendous quantities. The necessity to spend it or waste it becomes more accentuated‚ and drugs may be a quick “solution” of wasting their money. But in most cases‚
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novel‚ and even in life‚ people can be influenced in both positive and negative ways. In the three novels that we have read so far‚ Great Expectations‚ Lés Misérables‚ and Wuthering Heights‚ the main characters are faced with negative challenges and influences. Positive guides and influences also affect the characters in these books; the positive guides usually end up winning in the end. In Great Expectations‚ the main character of the story was Pip. Some of the negative influences that Pip faces
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The Negative Effect of the Internet on Businesses Abstract The internet has made the lives of society in general‚ easier. The only question is‚ what are we giving up and sacrificing in order to have this luxury? It is undeniable that there are many negative aspects of the internet‚ and that they affect our lives daily. However‚ what people tend to overlook is the effect it is having on our businesses. By cutting out many social activities and introducing unethical principals into people’s lives‚
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INTRODUCTION “The Internet and IT developments can have a disruptive effect on organizations and businesses.” The internet can be defined as a medium used to chat‚ connect‚ share and most importantly extract and contribute information. IT developments can be associated with software and hardware‚ programmes and technological advancements. There are many positive and negative effects which influence businesses‚ organizations and schools. Due to the inevitable of fast and evolving technology‚ all
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| Does the internet make us better people? | by | | | In a fast paced world like ours today‚ the internet plays a significant role in our everyday life. Such a revolutionary invention‚ with its own pros and cons‚ has stood out to be a major debatable topic. In my opinion‚ the advantages of the internet in our society outrun the disadvantages and help us to be better. It has blessed us with vast knowledge‚ has reduced distance and has made the world look smaller to us. Every corner
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