Rustat Report on Machine Superintelligence and Humanity
Developments in the fields of Artificial Intelligence have long given notice that the products of technology have the scope to outstrip some or even many of the functions performed by human intelligence. There has been talk of a 鈥渢ipping point鈥, where, as Professor Huw Price puts it, 鈥渋ntelligence escapes its biological constraints鈥, and beyond which the consequences may well be both unfavourable and irreversible.
At the Conference held on 2 June 2016, experts debated issues surrounding machine superintelligence and humanity, ranging from what could happen to humans and society if many jobs are taken over by machines, to who is ultimately responsible if an intelligent machine acts destructively.
The conference brought together researchers in fields of AI, robotics and computer science with scholars working in the fields of philosophy of mind, history of ideas, political science, anthropology, psychology, literary studies, sociology of religion, and theology. Delegates included Dr Demis Hassabis, CEO and co-founder of DeepMind (Google); Dr Jaan Tallinn, co鈥恌ounder of Skype and of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk; Dr Hermann Hauser, co-founder of Amadeus Capital Partners; and representatives from universities including Sussex, Goldsmiths, Oxford and Cambridge.
A report on the Conference, including a list of participants and the agenda for the day, can be found here.
