The future of Life Institute in Boston, backed by Elon Musk recently announced thirty seven research teams who won research grants awarded to them in order to carry out research on artificial intelligence.
This is driven by concerns which people like Musk has raised in the past along with other well-known names like Stephen Hawking & Bill Gates related to the fact that humans aren’t prepared to deal with any unwanted circumstances which may be caused by machines.
These grants which range in size from $ 20000 to $ 1.5 million are part of a much bigger plan for preventing artificial intelligence from destroying our planet.
Researchers are hoping that the concepts & ideas explored by these research teams would at least help prevent a part of the disastrous and unintended consequences predicted by the institute. Some of these consequences include robot homicides & road collision between self-driving vehicles.
Some of the things which can be done in order to prevent artificial intelligence from destroying the Earth are listed below:
- Keeping highly-advanced weaponry under human control is of prime importance. According to researchers there is need to ensure super-smart autonomous weaponry doesn’t begin overriding human operators in the near future.
- Another suggestion that researchers make is to force AI explain all their decisions in painstaking detail before proceeding any further. As per Prof. Manuela Veloso from Carnegie Mellon, the only way to ensure AI gets trusted and accepted is by making their decision-making process a completely transparent one.
Some of the other steps which could be taken in order to prevent AI from harming the Earth include aligning the interests of machines with that of humans and teaching machines about how humans behave and what they value. They also include ensuring a future in which humans still hold jobs.
